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No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful.
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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Comedy is tragedy plus time.
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When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.
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I've always been able to recount things and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.
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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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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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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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Celebrity was a long time in coming it will go away. Everything goes away.
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I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany.
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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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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 was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances.
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I always felt that I was more of an actress than a - I can't tell a joke to save my soul, but that I was a comedic actress.
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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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It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers.
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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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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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