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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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Military Officer
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Corning
Iowa
John William Carson
Carson
The Great Carsoni
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Entertainment is like any other major industry it's cold, big business. The business end wants to know one thing: Can you do the job? If you can, you're in, you're made if you can't, you're out.
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When the public starts classifying you as thoughtful, someone given to serious issues, you find yourself declassified as a humorist.
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I feel the one sensible thing you can do is try to live in a way that pleases you. If you don't hurt anybody else, what you do is your own business.
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Pie throwing is kind of a lost art, and although it may be a rather rudimentary, burlesque humor, there's something inherently funny about taking a pie in the face, under the right conditions.
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If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace.
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There are very few Japanese Jews. As a result, there is no Japanese word for Alan King.
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He's so fat, he can be his own running mate.
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Happiness is a tiger in your tank and a pussycat in your back seat.
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Pittsburgh is kind of like Newark without the cultural advantages.
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According to statistics, it's a lot easier to get hit by lightning than to win a Lotto jackpot. The good side: you don't hear from your relatives.
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What's all this fuss about plutonium? How can something named after a Disney character be dangerous?
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People are hypocrites. If you ask them what they want to see on TV, they'll tell you they want better quality programming. And then what do they watch? 'Gilligan's Island.'
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The Champagne they have stored is getting more valuable every year.
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Never marry a girl named 'Marie' who used to be known as 'Murray'.
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May you have the income of a Republican and the sex life of a Democrat!
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My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.
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I don't think it's you that changes with success - it's the people around you who change. Because of your new status, they change in relation to you.
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I demand my right to a private life, just as I respect that right for everybody else.
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