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I owe one thing to my public - the best performance I can give.
Johnny Carson
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Johnny Carson
Age: 79 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 23
Died: 2005
Died: January 23
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John William Carson
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I have an ego like anybody else, but I don't need to be stoked by going before the public all the time.
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I am one of the lucky people in the world I found something I always wanted to do, and I have enjoyed every single minute of it.
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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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Happiness is being served with a paternity suit on your 75th birthday.
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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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As long as I don't commit any crimes, you have no right to judge me except by my performance as a professional. On that level, you're welcome to think whatever you want about me.
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