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Young. Old. Just words. Inside we feel like our shoe size.

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George Burns
Age: 100 †
Born: 1896
Born: January 20
Died: 1996
Died: March 9
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New York City
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Nathan Birnbaum
George N. Burns
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As long as you're working, you stay young.
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If you were married to Marilyn Monroe, you'd cheat with some ugly girl.
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I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch.
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What actresses do today when they appear on the screen is what they did once upon a time for getting to appear on the screen.
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When asked in his late 90s if his doctor knew he still smoked, Burns said, 'No ... he's dead.'
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I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.
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When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights.
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And God said 'Let there be Satan, so people don't blame everything on me. And let there be lawyers, so people don't blame everything on Satan.'
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Sex after 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope. Even putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.
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Life's but a day at most.
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None of us kids had a middle name. We were lucky we had any name at all. By the time my mother got around to naming one, there was another on the way.
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Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.
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You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.
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If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.
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Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
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I use the cigar for timing purposes. If I tell a joke, I smoke as long as they laugh and when they stop laughing I take the cigar out of my mouth and start my next joke.
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First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.
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I can't afford to die I'd lose too much money.
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Bridge is a game that separates the men from the boys. It also separates husbands and wives.
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If you stay in the business long enough and get to be old enough, you get to be new again.
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