Carol Burnett Quotes
My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.
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I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage.
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Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.
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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
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Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.
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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversight responsibilities and with pursuing a principled course of action even in the face of everyone's short-attention spans.
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As a child, I remember my own intensive interest in biology, birds, other animals and flowers and was determined at an early age to become a scientist.
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Usually when you get a script from actors, you don't have high expectations.
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Being a big fan of 'Glee,' I want to do the show justice.
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I kind of get a next-gen game machine, but competing for the home entertainment business? We'll see how that goes.
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All art is at once surface and symbol.
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My maternal grandmother was a star on her high school basketball team in small-town Mississippi.
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I used to be very interested in the history of women's rights in this country and in other countries. I tried to learn as much as I could about it, and more than anything, I would be called gay. It was phenomenal. But if a boy has something to say, he is appreciated; he's even popular. If a girl says something, it's instantly a threat.
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I was a kitchen porter for an hour at the Bank of England when I was 18. In the cafe, someone clicked their fingers and shouted, 'Boy, come and clear my table.' I walked out.
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We in Illinois are very fortunate to have a number of historic structures that have added immeasurably to the cultural life of the state, to the tourism industry of the state which by the way is our number one industry.
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My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.
