Carol Burnett Quotes
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But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.
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My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.
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It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.
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I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.
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If you want to know the feeling [of labor pain], just take your bottom lip and pull it over your head.
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I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?
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If someone tells you that you cannot do something and you believe it, they are right.
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I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany.
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You do have to love your kids enough to let them hate you. But it's the disease that's hating you, not them.
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I think we're here for each other.
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When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.
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In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door.
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I don't remember a time when I wasn't waiting for a scab either to grow or to fall off my knee.
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Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
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Comedy = tragedy + time.
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Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
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there were times when I was more at home in front of millions of people than I was at home.
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As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing.
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What I do when I write is I just write the way I would tell it, so it comes out just exactly the way I would talk to you.
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You have to have faith that there is a reason you go through certain things. I can't say I'm glad to go through pain, but in a way one must, in order to gain courage and really feel joy.
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No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful.
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Before you go to bed, write down three 'gratefuls' for the day and three 'did wells' (they can even include something as simple as doing the laundry)-the results can be amazing!
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People invite me to dinner not because I can cook, but because I like to clean up. I get immediate gratification from windex. Yes, I do windows.
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Have you noticed that all you need to grow healthy, vigorous grass is a crack in your sidewalk? Having a baby is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
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I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.
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Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.
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I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.
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It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.
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When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is is no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?
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I couldn't get the laughter out of my head. It wasn't career. It wasn't even a choice. It was a calling.
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