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How much of the national news that you report to the public each night consists of information you've actually gone out and dug up on your own?

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Johnny Carson
Age: 79 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 23
Died: 2005
Died: January 23
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Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.
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Some sad news from Australia... the inventor of the boomerang grenade died today.
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Happiness is being served with a paternity suit on your 75th birthday.
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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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What's all this fuss about plutonium? How can something named after a Disney character be dangerous?
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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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As you all know by now, this is the 51st annual Academy Awards. Two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a four-hour show.
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Egyptian President Sadat had a belly dancer entertain President Nixon at a state dinner. Mr. Nixon was really impressed. He hadn't seen contortions like that since Rose Mary Woods.
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The vast majority of us don't want to face the fact that we're in the middle of a sweeping social revolution. In sex. In spiritual values. In opposition to wars no one wants. In opposition to government big-brotherhood. In civil rights. In basic human goals. They're all facets of a general upheaval.
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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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Happiness is discovering the prune juice your doctor ordered you to drink has fermented.
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My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.
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The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other.
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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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Whatever you do, you're going to be criticized.
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The Hollywood tradition I like best is called sucking up to the stars.
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I think students ought to have the right to protest, but not to the point of anarchy.
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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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If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace.
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Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.
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