George Burns Quotes
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.
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When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
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I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.'
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I'm a real optimist.
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Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.
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When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match.
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I have heard firsthand from several small business owners about their struggle to borrow and their fear of taking on additional debt.
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Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller.
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Despotism is the only form of government which may with safety to itself, neglect the education of its infant poor.
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There are just so many funny kids and teenagers. They're just not aware of how funny they are.
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The doctor punched my vein, the captain called me Cain, upon my belly sat the sow of fear.
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...I simply don’t want the poems mixed up with my life or opinions or picture or any other regrettable concomitants. I look like a bear and live in a cave; but you should worry.
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In manufacturing, we try to stamp out variance. With people, variance is everything.
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The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.
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I think, in these days, especially in the States, you have to be a politician or an assassin or something, to really be a superstar.
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The transformation of human consciousness through meditation is frustrated, as long as we think of it in terms as something that I, my self can bring about. because it leads to endless games of spiritual oneupmanship, and Guru competitions.
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Being editor of 'Slate' is the best job I've ever had because of the freedom and support given to me by Don Graham and the Post Co. and because of the opportunity to work with colleagues I admire and adore.
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
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Some things are too important to be taken seriously.
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As it happens in relationships that are open and frank and based on mutual respect, you say things as you think them, and this doesn't mean that you don't work together in a constructive way.
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If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.
