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George Burns

"Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair."

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"Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair."

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"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

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"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

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"Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle."
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