Carol Burnett Quotes
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
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Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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I will never do 'Pulp Fiction 2,' but having said that, I could very well do other movies with these characters.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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Take chances, find your voice in fashion, and find what you like, and find what makes you feel good, and do that.
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I write all the time. I always have. I can pick up my horn to warm up, and an idea will pop into my head, and I'll write it down and file it away for another time.
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Positivity is like a muscle: keep exercising it, and it becomes a habit.
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Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.
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I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
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They say it all started out with a big bang. But, what I wonder is, was it a big bang or did it just seem big because there wasn't anything else drown it out at the time?
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And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
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I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.
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I can analyse the trajectory of my popularity and find out why the peak was a peak and the valley was a valley - grapple with it that way - but I prefer not to analyse it that much.
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You can't build a society purely on interests, you need a sense of belonging.
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I don't think even when you find a person, you can be completely honest, ever. There's still pieces of you that you don't give away. I do believe you always need that place where it's just you, your thoughts, no one else's judgment or anything.
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I'm not a writer. I like being a reader.
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My grandfather was terminally ill, and any interaction with him felt so incomplete. It seemed impossible to say or do anything that was enough. And, of course, that was true. Nothing could have been enough.
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I loved the Kennedy Center Honors because you just sit there, smile, wave, and cry.
