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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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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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Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
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I think we're here for each other.
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Celebrity was a long time in coming it will go away. Everything goes away.
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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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there were times when I was more at home in front of millions of people than I was at home.
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When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.
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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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You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.
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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 to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.
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