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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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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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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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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 I paid $3 or $4 for a cigar, first I'd sleep with it.
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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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Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.
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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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I can't afford to die I'd lose too much money.
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Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist.
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