Carol Burnett Quotes
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But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from.
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There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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I'm not confident in my own ability to resist the titanic force of my own ego.
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Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
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If you're powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside.
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When I went to Africa, I was reduced to floods of tears every day.
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I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
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I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.
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The first reports of AIDS closely followed the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, whose 'family values' agenda and alliance with Christian conservatives associated AIDS with deviance and sin.
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I curate my T.V.-watching quite carefully.
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I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor.
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Everyone in Tool is interested in how we present our music. We write a group of songs that have a vibe, energy and feeling, and then we try to pick an image to capture that and communicate a feeling. We want something that adds to the connection with the audience.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.
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I want to play until the end.
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The delights of self-discovery are always available.
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My music is a personal thing, and I feel like if I talk too much about the songs, or if there's too much of my personal life out there, it ruins it.
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I love, loved, loved 'We Real Cool' by Gwendolyn Brooks.
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My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.
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I would rather people understand that there is a very, very fortunate American who was given the opportunity, and was in the right place at the right time to have the moment of a lifetime. My mother was born - her name was Marianne Moon. And she was born in 1903, the year that the Wright Brothers first flew.
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I do love situational comedy, clowning, and slapstick; I approach that with a lot of respect. The goofier you are, it doesn't mean you're going to be funnier.
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When you're winning, anything you say has value. When you're losing, the less you say, the better.
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I'm like your mother, your sister, whatever.
