Carol Burnett Quotes
I've always been able to recount things, and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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I've been a fan since I was a kid of that sort of bump-in-the-night stuff. I don't tend to go in too much for the slash-and-burn-'em or the walker kills on 'The Walking Dead.' That stuff's not necessarily the stuff that frightens me or gets me going. It's more the terror of waiting, the thriller aspects, that I find compelling.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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I am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.
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Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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In the south, whether it is a small film or a big film, everybody sees it. So, there is always something for everybody to come, see, and enjoy.
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When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
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Girls, to me, growing up were very, very petty and didn't want me to succeed and didn't want the best for me.
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I just lip gloss! It doesn't matter if it's $2 or $30.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.
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True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.
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It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?'
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I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.
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Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.
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My thinking is lot more different with many actresses in the industry. I don't understand why people in showbiz put their profession of acting in the back seat after marriage.
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It has been said that 80% of what people learn is visual.
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For God's will gave men their form, their essence and their abilities. Anyone who destroys His work is declaring war on the Lord's creation, the divine will.
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What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography came in a sitter had a perfect right to say to the artist: 'Paint me just as I am.' Now if he wishes absolute fidelity he can go to the photographer and get it.
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Spam will be a thing of the past in two years' time.
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I've always been able to recount things, and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.
