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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Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.
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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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Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves.
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For it is a mad world and it will get madder if we allow the minorities, be they dwarf or giant, orangutan or dolphin, nuclear-head or water-conversationalist, pro-computerologist or Neo-Luddite, simpleton or sage, to interfere with aesthetics. The real world is the playing ground for each and every group, to make or unmake laws. But the tip of the nose of my book or stories or poems is where their rights end and my territorial imperatives begin, run and rule.
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Somebody said to me, 'Whenever somebody says your name, a smile comes to their face.' That's a great accolade. I strive to keep it that way.
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Just Enough Soil for legs Axe for hands Flower for eyes Bird for ears Mushrooms for nose Smile for mouth Songs for lungs Sweat for skin Wind for mind.
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I really love 'Poltergeist.' I think that's a great, terrific movie. I did really love the first 'Friday the 13th.' I thought that was such a crazy movie.
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I loved the Kennedy Center Honors because you just sit there, smile, wave, and cry.
