George Burns Quotes
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
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Ozzy has dyslexia.
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Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.
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I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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You have, in America, you have gang signs. Well, 5,000 years ago, there was thing called a mudra, which is your sitting position when you do yoga or you're meditating or you're praying or whatever. And there's not a lot of them that are named after gods and goddesses, but the middle-finger is specifically named the Matangi mudra.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?'
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Women just love to shop.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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Tell me one director who will go on record to say that I don't get along with them? I get along famously with all my directors because I am what I am today because of them.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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I want to change the perception about Latinos worldwide. I think people don't know yet how cool we are.
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Just mention the idea of warrantless wiretaps and expect to get hit up with a congressional investigation. But give somebody an avatar and a URL, and he can't tweet, post or hyperlink enough personal information about himself to as many people as possible.
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I have to have the sensibility to keep Versace company in good shape because there are so many people working for it, and we need to have the company grow and also be relevant. So I work very hard for all that to happen, and I wish people would know me for that and be satisfied.
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Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
