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Carol Burnett quotes

American Actress April 26, 1933

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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
Carol Burnett quote: "I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing,..."
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
Carol Burnett quote: "Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me."
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. Carol Burnett
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
Carol Burnett quote: "Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own."
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett quote: "Because nobody goes though life without a scar."
Because nobody goes though life without a scar. Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett quote: "Because nobody goes through life without a scar."
Because nobody goes through life without a scar. Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett quote: "No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful."
No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful. Carol Burnett
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
The sidewalk was all cracked and wavy, like little hills, and the weeds pushed their way up through the cement. I had to roller-skate there anyway, because they wouldn't let me out of their sight, and they could watch me from the swing on the front porch of the old house. It was hard to skate there, and I kept falling down and getting sores on my knees...Sometimes, when they left me alone in 102 to go to the store, I'd turn on the radio and dance all around the room. I'd get on the furniture... Carol Burnett
It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others. Carol Burnett
My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres. Carol Burnett
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
When I was little I would always stand in front of a mirror and cross my eyes. Then my mother would come in and say, "Stop that, nothing will ever come of it! Carol Burnett
You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself. Carol Burnett

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