Carol Burnett Quotes
My preference is for people who can do sketch comedy or situational comedy, where it's not a joke, but it's telling a story.
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I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
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'The Waltons' was profoundly important after years of wandering around. I was 44 and cut off from family and friends. It nurtured me back to a sense of family and who I am. It was a transforming experience.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.
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The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had visions of liberal politics derived from social networks. They used innovative means to spread awareness and to network among activists.
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I just don't watch a lot of TV.
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The idea of collaborating with anyone else was quite daunting. If Battles had any trepidation in asking me, I can assure you I had more after agreeing to do it.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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The first thing I do when I get to any town is find a gym and a breakfast place, because I love breakfast.
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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
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The power should be in individual democracies in individual communities. It shouldn't be an oligarchy or some small group of elite. Power should be with the people and not with some politician or some heir to the throne or some madman.
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I'm not that moody. I don't have big ups and downs.
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There's always reasons to make mistakes. Because then you do new mistakes next time. So they're beautiful mistakes.
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She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity.
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If I didn't do music, I would do something to help people out.
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I'm really eager to go back and do some theater. I would love to do some more comedy as well because I think that's really the hardest thing to do; it's what I grew up doing, and I would love to go back and do that. I did a lot of theater growing up - musical theater.
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I subscribe to the online Urban Dictionary's definition of nerd: 'one whose IQ exceeds his weight'. I'm also keen on the same Urban Dictionary's definition of geek: 'the person you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult'. I happily proclaim myself a book nerd/reading geek and proud of it.
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Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn't be done.
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My preference is for people who can do sketch comedy or situational comedy, where it's not a joke, but it's telling a story.
