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I lived a significant portion of my life before the Internet and smart phones.


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ROBERT BURNS Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
ROBERT BURNS Suspense is worse than disappointment.
ROBERT BURNS Hear how he clears the points o' Faith Wi' rattling an' thumpin'! Now meekly calm, now wild in...
ROBERT BURNS There's some are fou o' love divine, There's some are fou' o' brandy.
ROBERT BURNS The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your hono...
ROBERT BURNS Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die.
ROBERT BURNS Comin' through the rye, poor body, Comin' through the rye, She draigl't a' her petticoatie, ...
ROBERT BURNS My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.
ROBERT BURNS Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.
ROBERT BURNS We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine.
ROBERT BURNS His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony, Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither-- They had been fou for ...
ROBERT BURNS The fear o’ hell’s a hangman’s whip to haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor ...
ROBERT BURNS But deep this truth impress'd my mind:
Thro' all His works abroad,
The heart benevolent a...
ROBERT BURNS Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of wo...
GEORGE BURNS If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding wo...
GEORGE BURNS I don't like to drive. I don't like the aggressiveness that goes along with driving.
HEATHER BURNS Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
ROBERT BURNS