Carol Burnett Quotes
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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Understanding that being nervous, having doubts and lacking confidence are emotions that are human is how you deal with it. It is okay to feel that way... and then understanding that you can work through it.
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My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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One of the things that's interesting is that the PC has always had a huge amount of scalability. It was sort of the wild dog that moved into Australia and killed all the local life because it could just adapt. There used to be these dedicated devices, like dedicated word processors.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of federal comeuppance. Sometimes there's a reason for that - the Civil War. More often, all reasoning seems absent - No Child Left Behind.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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When you're listening to radio and hear the same 20 songs over and over and over, you want a break from it. Sometimes you don't want to hear something that sounds just like everything else on the radio. Eventually, if you hear the same sounds and the same musicians and the same mixes and all of that, it will start to sound like elevator music.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
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I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.
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I doubt anyone else would have travelled as extensively as I have to meet the citizens of the country.
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I know what I'm trying to say, so I'm always open to learning how to say it.
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We have a second home that also completely rolled into the back of the lot.
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The most important thing I can tell you about aging is this: If you really feel that you want to have an off-the-shoulder blouse and some big beads and thong sandals and a dirndl skirt and a magnolia in your hair, do it. Even if you're wrinkled.
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I try to maintain a high level of coolness. Which means I've gotta look at lot of magazines. I've gotta look at a lot of ads to see what people want to wear.
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I have a great memory.
