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People will pay more to be entertained than educated.
Johnny Carson
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Johnny Carson
Age: 79 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 23
Died: 2005
Died: January 23
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Corning
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John William Carson
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The Great Carsoni
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Happiness is discovering the prune juice your doctor ordered you to drink has fermented.
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There's a big difference between being a loner and being lonely. I'm far from lonely. My day is full of things I enjoy, starting with my show. Any time my work is going well and I have a relationship with a woman that's pretty solid, that does it for me.
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I can empathize with President [George Bush]. I know what it feels like having a young guy waiting around for you to keel over.
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Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you wish were dead.
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Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.
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I hear that whenever someone in the White House tells a lie, Nixon gets a royalty.
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An oxymoron? What's that? A moron who studies at Oxford?
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I'm an entertainer, not a commentator. If you're a comedian your job is to make people laugh.
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May you have the income of a Republican and the sex life of a Democrat!
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I owe one thing to my public - the best performance I can give.
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I think it's almost immoral to keep on with a marriage that's really bad. It just gets more and more rotten and vindictive and everybody gets more and more hurt. There's not enough honesty about marriage, I think. I wish more people would face the truth about their marital situations.
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The Champagne they have stored is getting more valuable every year.
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I get sick of that old rationalization, We're staying together because of the children. Kids couldn't be more miserable living with parents who can't stand each other. They're far better off if there's an honest, clean divorce.
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Maybe we should hold the next [Olympic] games in Afghanistan and hope the Soviets pull out of that one too.
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I loved the towns I grew up in as a boy, and after I became a celebrity, I went back several times. I would have had the time of my life seeing the old places and the old faces again, but the attitude of those same people was, I guess you're so big we bore you now.
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Adults ask questions as a child does. When you stop wondering, you might as well put your rocker on the front porch and call it a day.
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He's so fat, he can be his own running mate.
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