Carol Burnett Quotes
I am not a person who yells at all, but I realized that I have always felt so good after doing the Tarzan yell, after doing Charo, or screaming as Eunice.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.
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It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.
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I choose to express myself.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.
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From a population point of view, it's actually very important that as few people as possible get the flu. People getting the flu is not a private matter. The risk for healthy people is really about your friends and neighbors and fellow travelers.
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I love the Army with every bone in my body.
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We never really felt a real level of respect. The fame was fantastic, but that wasn't that important to me, because for every million people that loved me I focused on the one that hated me.
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Money is misunderstood. The fact is if you want to be successful - the money will follow you. If you are a doctor, something else will follow you. If you are successful, there is an accompaniment. If your goal is just to make money, you won't succeed. Money is a commodity to use, not to be dictated by.
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I never wanted to be on a pedestal.
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One thing a lyricist must learn is not to fall in love with his own lines. Once you learn that, you can walk away from the lyric and look at it with a reasonable degree of objectivity.
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Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
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I am not a person who yells at all, but I realized that I have always felt so good after doing the Tarzan yell, after doing Charo, or screaming as Eunice.
