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I drink coffee with my right ...

I drink coffee with my right hand, and I smoke with my left. But I talk with both hands.

George Burns 179 quotes

Bridge is a game that separat...

Bridge is a game that separates the men from the boys. It also separates husbands and wives.

George Burns 179 quotes

When I wasn't working, I put ...

When I wasn't working, I put the blame directly where it belonged - I blamed my agent. When I didn't have an agent, I spent time looking for a new agent so I would have somebody to blame.

George Burns 179 quotes

In what other business can a ...

In what other business can a guy my age drink martinis, smoke cigars and sing? I think all people who retire ought to go into show business. I've been retired all my life.

George Burns 179 quotes

Sex has been around for a lon...

Sex has been around for a long time. You may not believe this, but it was around before I was.

George Burns 179 quotes

Happiness is a dry martini an...

Happiness is a dry martini and a good woman ... or a bad woman.

George Burns 179 quotes

None of us kids had a middle ...

None of us kids had a middle name. We were lucky we had any name at all. By the time my mother got around to naming one, there was another on the way.

George Burns 179 quotes

By [age] 93, I had shrunk qui...

By [age] 93, I had shrunk quite a lot. My car was known as the Phantom Cadillac. People would see it whizzing by and they would swear there was no driver.

George Burns 179 quotes

And God said 'Let there be Sa...

And God said 'Let there be Satan, so people don't blame everything on me. And let there be lawyers, so people don't blame everything on Satan.'

George Burns 179 quotes

When you stop giving and offe...

When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights.

George Burns 179 quotes

Someone who makes you laugh i...

Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist.

George Burns 179 quotes

Be sure to wear a good cologn...

Be sure to wear a good cologne, a nice aftershave lotion, and a strong underarm deodorant. And it might be a good idea to wear some clothes, too.

George Burns 179 quotes

People are always asking me w...

People are always asking me when I'm going to retire. Why should I? I've got it two ways - I'm still making movies, and I'm a senior citizen, so I can see myself at half price.

George Burns 179 quotes

I must be getting absent-mind...

I must be getting absent-minded. Whenever I complain that things aren't what they used to be, I always forget to include myself.

George Burns 179 quotes

A young mind in a healthy bod...

A young mind in a healthy body is a wonderful thing. Especially for an old man with an open night.

George Burns 179 quotes

Just because you're old that ...

Just because you're old that doesn't mean you're more forgetful. The same people whose names I can't remember now I couldn't remember fifty years ago. . .

George Burns 179 quotes

It's no surprise that things ...

It's no surprise that things are so screwed up: everyone that knows how to run a government is either driving taxicabs or cutting hair.

George Burns 179 quotes

At home we ate fish every Fri...

At home we ate fish every Friday, as Catholics were then supposed to do. Being Jewish, I compromised. I wore a hat when I ate fish, out of respect for my own religion and the fish's family.

George Burns 179 quotes

There's an old saying, 'Life ...

There's an old saying, 'Life begins at forty.' That's silly. Life begins every morning you wake up.

George Burns 179 quotes

Everyday happiness means gett...

Everyday happiness means getting up in the morning, and you can't wait to finish your breakfast. You can't wait to do your exercises. You can't wait to put on your clothes. You can't wait to get out. And you can't wait to come home, because the soup is hot.

George Burns 179 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....