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I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany.
Carol Burnett
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Carol Burnett
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: April 26
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Carol Creighton Burnett
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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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Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
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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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I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?
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I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.
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I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie - the networks just wouldn't spend the money today.
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My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.
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I love the writing. I love the idea of typing and seeing it on the computer and printing it out myself and, you know, moving sentences around. I like that.
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I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing, though I love to listen to jokes.
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But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.
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