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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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George Burns
Age: 100 †
Born: 1896
Born: January 20
Died: 1996
Died: March 9
Actor
Comedian
Film Actor
Street Artist
Television Actor
Writer
New York City
New York
Nathan Birnbaum
George N. Burns
Long
Stay
Business
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I can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so little of it.
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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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The heart is a temple wherein all truth resides.
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