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I'd rather be a flop at show business than to be a success at something I didn't like.

George Burns

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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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It's no surprise that things are so screwed up: everyone that knows how to run a government is either driving taxicabs or cutting hair.
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I'm onstage for an hour.I do an hour of stand-up. Actually, I do 10 minutes standing up and 50 minutes sitting in a chair. Oh, occasionally, I stand up again to do a dance or put over a song. But mostly I sit down. A great invention, sitting down.
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A young mind in a healthy body is a wonderful thing. Especially for an old man with an open night.
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Joy is obtaining a big, loving, caring shut-knit household in yet another town.
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If I paid $3 or $4 for a cigar, first I'd sleep with it.
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I never go jogging, it makes me spill my martini.
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I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody.
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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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Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
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I've been a straight man for so many years that from force of habit I repeat everything. I went out fishing with a fellow the other day and he fell overboard. He yelled, Help! Help! Help! so I said, Help? Help? Help? And while I was waiting for him to get his laugh, he drowned.
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It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.
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I can't afford to die I'd lose too much money.
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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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With the collapse of vaudeville new talent has no place to stink.
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Let me get one thing straight I'm not an authority on sex, I'm more of a fan. I think sex is nice no family should be without it. Of course, there are other things that are just as important as sex, like uh . . . like uh . . . like . . . uh . . . well, I'll think of it later.
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I drink coffee with my right hand, and I smoke with my left. But I talk with both hands.
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As long as you're working, you stay young.
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This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two.
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