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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.

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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there were times when I was more at home in front of millions of people than I was at home.
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