Carol Burnett Quotes
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I'm a proud family man.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
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I don't think there is much American music.
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I am just getting into Zora Neale Hurston, who is possibly a much better writer than the critics and rivals who tried to erase her from history, resulting in a life in which she worked as a maid and died in a welfare nursing home. She's clever. She does something modern to the sentence.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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We all assume that if you're weak and poor, you're never going to win. In fact, the real world is full of examples where the exact opposite happens, where the weak win and the strong screw up.
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I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.
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My grandma passed away from cancer, and actually, when I was 18, I had an experience with melanoma – it's in the family. I had that experience where everything comes into perspective. It's the weirdest thing, 'cause you're like, 'It will never happen to me,' and when it does, it's like, 'OK, wow.'
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I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
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Anti-Semitism is extremely common.
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I'm usually bikini-ready all year round.
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People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification.
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As soon as I get on my boat, something inside me changes. Then I really feel what living is.
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Panamanian boxing is unique - it's very musical. It's almost like a dance. It has a lot to do with being in the Caribbean and with salsa. When you see a Panamanian boxer, there's a style. There's a playfulness in the way you throw the punches.
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Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
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What comes out when life squeezes you? When someone hurts or offends you? If anger, pain and fear come out of you, it's because that's what's inside.
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A clock struck out the hour of twelve, and the bird in the hedgerow was still singing as we marched out to the roadway, and followed our merry pipers home to town.
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I like reading. I just hate school.
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Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don’t, or you do with every cell in your body, completely and utterly, without reservation or apology. It consumes you, and you are reborn, all the better for it.
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The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope.
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I went to prom with my boyfriend, but after the dance he left me at a party all by myself. It was awful!
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If I go to a party, I'm not one to be the funniest person in the room at all.
