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Try saving when your salary is low. So after making more money, you will not be able to do this anywhere

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Jack Benny
Age: 80 †
Born: 1894
Born: February 14
Died: 1974
Died: December 26
Comedian
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Film Producer
Military Officer
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Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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Comedy itself is based upon very old principles of which I can readily name seven. They are, in short: the joke, exaggeration, ridicule, ignorance, surprise, the pun, and finally, the comic situation.
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How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.
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When another comedian has a lousy show, I'm the first one to admit it.
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As you may or may not know, in keeping with the high-class tone of Beverly Hills, our police force is probably the most snobbish group of gendarmes in the world. It is said that the Beverly Hills Police Department is so fancy that it has an unlisted number.
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I feel responsible for Johnny Ray's success. See many years ago I asked him to be on my show and he asked for a lot of money and I cried. And he stole that from me.
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I practice three hours daily on my violin so I won't get worse.
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I began my show business career playing violin in San Francisco at the corner of Market and Taylor. I understand that there is a theater there now.
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