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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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Carol Burnett
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: April 26
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Carol Creighton Burnett
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But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.
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Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
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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'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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What I do when I write is I just write the way I would tell it, so it comes out just exactly the way I would talk to you.
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No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful.
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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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Because nobody goes through life without a scar.
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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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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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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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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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If someone tells you that you cannot do something and you believe it, they are right.
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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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My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.
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It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.
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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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As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing.
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