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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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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With regard to Trump, he's saying some things that I just think are ridiculous and would disqualify any other candidate.
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Americans don't pay much attention to environmental issues, because they aren't sexy. I mean, cleaning up coal plants and reining in outlaw frackers is hugely important work, but it doesn't get anybody's pulse racing.
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There's a practical problem about time and energy, and a more subtle problem of what it does to a writer's head, to continually analyze why they write, where it all comes from, where it's going to.
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I have always been of the mind that good work is good work, whether performed on stage, on television or in film and, like any reasonable actor, I keep my options open.
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I've told you and I've told the Canadian people, Mr. Mulroney, that I had no option.
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TV has changed so much, from the fact that there are so many channels available now to spoilers. There were no blogs when I was on Buffy. There were no weekly magazines, aside from People. Now, to be able keep your secrets for your show is so hard.
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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.
