Vicki Lawrence Quotes
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Things have always sort of happened for me. Something else always comes up.
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It's always good to play tennis with a better player to bring out the best in you.
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I never got to Broadway. I would love to do that.
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My favorite game shows were 'Password' and '$25,000 Pyramid.'
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It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.
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Everybody just told me from the day I went into high school that I looked like Carol Burnett.
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I think for people that are dealing with this out there, the important thing to know is that this is real. It's called CIU, and there are solutions out there for you.
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There's nobody telling Oprah what to do. There's no one telling David Letterman what he can and can't do. You've got to have 100 percent support from everybody who's behind the show, across the board.
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I am interested in a lot of the same things people are interested in. I am trying to raise kids without them self-destructing. I am trying to hold the marriage together, and I am trying to take off the same 10 pounds everyone else is.
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I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.
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Tim Conway was a little different from the rest. He was always in the back of the studio building something with the prop man, rewriting his lines, or plotting our demise.
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I want to be open about my condition to show others that they are not alone in dealing with this form of chronic hives. My advice for people with CIU is to talk to their doctor about their condition.
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I've really enjoyed doing 'Annie Get Your Gun' and loved Neil Simon stuff like 'Chapter Two.'
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I flew to New York to do a commercial back in the day when people could meet you at the gate, and the little agent when I came off the plane said, 'Oh, Miss Carr, we are so happy to have you here.' I went, 'Oh, for goodness sakes.'
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Even though I was in close proximity to everything, it never really dawned on me to pursue a career in show business.
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My parents raised me to believe that when one door slams in your face, turn around because there's probably another door opening up somewhere.
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I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'
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I think the older you get, the more 'let's cut to the chase' you get, 'let's quit quibbling about this, let's tell it like it is.'
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I feel it is time to lighten up and laugh about things and enjoy ourselves a little bit more.
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I was married for 10 minutes into a Southern family.
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I think coming East and doing something like Broadway would probably be a good career move.
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What I learned was that celebrities come to me with a preconceived notion. They think I'm fun, or they've worked with me, or they know me, or we've met. So there's a lot of backstuff on the 'Vicki!' show.
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Harvey Korman was like a private tutor to me. He was such a mentor.
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I am no prude, but when I watch comedy, I ask myself, 'Who wrote this? A teenage boy in the locker room?'