Quotation by

George Burns

If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.

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George Burns is joking that reaching the age of one hundred means you have already succeeded because almost no one lives longer than that. The humor comes from the idea that once you hit that age, you don’t have to worry about dying since very few people outlive it.

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