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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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Carol Burnett
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: April 26
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Carol Creighton Burnett
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I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.
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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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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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When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.
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In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door.
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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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there were times when I was more at home in front of millions of people than I was at home.
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I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.
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I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?
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No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful.
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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'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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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 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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I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany.
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