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A young mind in a healthy body is a wonderful thing. Especially for an old man with an open night.
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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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 don't have a drinking problem. I drink. I get drunk. I fall down, no problem.
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I'd rather be over the hill than under it.
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I did go to school - my kind of school. When I was a kid I went out ... and you meet people. You talk to them. Anybody says something that makes sense, it stays with you, rubs off on you. That kind of school.
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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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It's better to be happy doing something you love, even if you don't find success right away.
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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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Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist.
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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 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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You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
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