Carol Burnett Quotes - Page 2

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• I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me.

  Carol Burnett

  Girl, Mom, Mother

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• What I do when I write is I just write the way I would tell it, so it comes out just exactly the way I would talk to you.

  Carol Burnett

  Writing, Way

  "Actress-comedienne Carol Burnett". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 30, 2010.

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• Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

  Carol Burnett

  Funny, Witty, Children

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• I liked myself better when I wasnt me.

  Carol Burnett

  Carol Burnett (1987). “One More Time”

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• But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.

  Carol Burnett

  Dream, Roof Over Your Head, Tables

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• People invite me to dinner not because I can cook, but because I like to clean up. I get immediate gratification from windex. Yes, I do windows.

  Carol Burnett

  Women, People, Dinner

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• I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.

  Carol Burnett

  Writing, First Love, Firsts

  "Actress-comedienne Carol Burnett". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 30, 2010.

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• But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.

  Carol Burnett

  People, Laughing, Noses

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• there were times when I was more at home in front of millions of people than I was at home.

  Carol Burnett

  Home, People, Millions

  Carol Burnett (1987). “One More Time”

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• Have you noticed that all you need to grow healthy, vigorous grass is a crack in your sidewalk? Having a baby is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

  Carol Burnett

  Baby, Over You, Healthy

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• Comedy = tragedy + time.

  Carol Burnett

  Tragedy, Comedy

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• When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is is no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?

  Carol Burnett

  Humor, Doe, Actors

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• Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.

  Carol Burnett

  Women, Memorable, Long

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• I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?

  Carol Burnett

  Funny Inspirational, Memorable, Thinking

  "Teeth implants an involved process". Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, February 27, 2017.

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• I love the writing. I love the idea of typing and seeing it on the computer and printing it out myself and, you know, moving sentences around. I like that.

  Carol Burnett

  Moving, Writing, Ideas

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• I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.

  Carol Burnett

  Jobs, Losing, Never Regret

  "Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character". American Masters Interview, www.pbs.org. August 24, 2008.

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• My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away.

  Carol Burnett

  Mean, Interesting, Meals

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• I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing, though I love to listen to jokes.

  Carol Burnett

  Soul, Jokes, My Soul

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've always been able to recount things and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.

  Carol Burnett

  Memories, People, Able

  "Actress-comedienne Carol Burnett". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 30, 2010.

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• I don't remember a time when I wasn't waiting for a scab either to grow or to fall off my knee.

  Carol Burnett

  Fall, Waiting, Knees

  Carol Burnett (1987). “One More Time”

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• As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing.

  Carol Burnett

  Timing, Wonderful, Dharma

  "Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character". PBS Interview, www.pbs.org. August 24, 2008.

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• Daddy, when he drank, just became sweeter. There wasn't a mean thought in his body. I've always said he was like a drunk Jimmy Stewart.

  Carol Burnett

  Mean, Daddy, Drunk

  "Carol Burnett: The 'Fresh Air' Interview". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. January 29, 2016.

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• In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door.

  Carol Burnett

  Jobs, Angel, Play

  "Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character". PBS Interview, www.pbs.org. August 24, 2008.

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• Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it welfare, what we called relief.

  Carol Burnett

  Texas, Relief, Welfare

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• I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie - the networks just wouldn't spend the money today.

  Carol Burnett

  Stars, Two, Dancer

  "Comedian Carol Burnett dishes". Interview with Kate Fillion, www.macleans.ca. May 11, 2010.

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