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Celebrity was a long time in coming it will go away. Everything goes away.
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 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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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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Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
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No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful.
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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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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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I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.
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