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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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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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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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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I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.
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There will be no 'Mommie Dearest' in the lives of my children, and no books like the one the Crosby boy wrote about Bing, or Bette Davis's daughter has written. My children love me very much, and they are loved.
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There are moving companies specializing in evictions, their crews working all day, every weekday.
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I've played a lot of roles I haven't wanted to play, either because they needed someone in the theatre or because they couldn't do it without me 'cause they don't have anyone else the right age.
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Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.
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When I got pregnant, I started singing again. It was my saving grace. I literally mean having this amazing human life, and our relationship in the sense of mother and child, redeemed my soul.
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If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.
