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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.

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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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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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 had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany.
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It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.
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I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?
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Celebrity was a long time in coming it will go away. Everything goes away.
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