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I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.
Carol Burnett
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Carol Burnett
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: April 26
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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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Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
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If you want to know the feeling [of labor pain], just take your bottom lip and pull it over your head.
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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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Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
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