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Failure is a word he does not accept. Ebony was launched to provide positive images and positive role models for black Americans. It is still doing that.


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ROBERT BURNS In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify t...
KEN BURNS There is an animated version of 'Lazer Team,' with all the action sequences, that exists. It...
BURNIE BURNS It is natural for a young fellow to like the acquaintance of females and customary for him to keep t...
ROBERT BURNS I've got to restructure all my personal life now in order to accommodate public service, which i...
MAX BURNS O thou great, unknown Power! Thou Almighty God, who hast lighted up reason in my breast and blessed ...
ROBERT BURNS Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nat...
CONRAD BURNS The joy of my heart is to 'study men, their manners, and their ways,' and for this darling o...
ROBERT BURNS The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as cl...
GEORGE BURNS At my age flowers scare me.
GEORGE BURNS You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
GEORGE BURNS I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
GEORGE BURNS Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
GEORGE BURNS I've been a swimmer and a diver for quite a while. It was something that I think I got too comfo...
BROOKE BURNS You can't make anything idiot proof because idiots are so ingenious.
RON BURNS Sincerity - if you can fake that, you've got it made.
GEORGE BURNS There's usually not a game when somebody is not there.
BECKY BURNS The cost of the shelter operation is supported by the city, but it's not nearly enough to cover all ...
BECKY BURNS Cleaning my room is definitely my last priority. I usually put if off until it gets so bad that I ca...
BECKY BURNS The cost of the shelter operation is supported by the city, but it's not nearly enough to cover all ...
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