Carol Burnett Quotes
It all happened the way it was supposed to. I wouldn't change anything. I had such a great run.
Quotes to Explore
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I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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Rioting is a childish way of trying to be a man, but it takes time to rise out of the hell of hatred and frustration and accept that to be a man you don't have to riot.
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
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I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do!
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I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.
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I live in, literally, the same home when I was swiping my first bank card and wondering if I'd have to put back the Charmin. We still don't have a dishwasher. My mom has done all these gardens so now my house looks like the garden shack in the middle of Versailles.
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In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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I was a pop freak. I love music. Of course, I knew soul because I grew up in it. Writing it and everything. I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal. Therefore, I felt no boundaries.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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Winning and making history is something you can't buy. Me? I'm a guy who loves history. When I'm 60 or 70, I don't want to be remembered for the money I make. I want to be in the history books.
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When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
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Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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If you break down most rock songs and look at the lyrics on a piece of paper, it's all about melody. It's all about presentation. And a lot of bands are really great, but you can't understand a word of what they say.
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Sinatra had a lot of mood swings, but he was wonderful to my wife Barbara and to me. He made no bones about who he liked and who he loved, and he had this great charisma. When he walked into a room, it stopped. I've only seen that happen with Ronald Reagan.
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Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.
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I'm trying to bring a new generation into the musical theater and to create a new audience.
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I believe that anyone can be what they want to be; it just comes down to hard work.
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It all happened the way it was supposed to. I wouldn't change anything. I had such a great run.
