Bobby Darin was a tremendous talent and he came out on the stage with all the confidence in the world. Some people thought he was a brash, cocky kid. And in some ways he was. When he was twenty-two he told the press that at twenty-five he was going to be a living legend. The kid gave himself three years. I’m eighty-eight, and if I’m going to be a living legend by ninety-one, I better get busy.
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27. Dr. George Burns
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George Burns
The late George Burns said: If you were to go around asking people what would make them happier, you’d get answers like a new car, a bigger house, a raise in pay, winning a lottery, a face-lift, more kids, less kids, a new restaurant to go to—probably not one in a hundred would say a chance to help people. And yet that may bring the most happiness of all.
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You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
