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12 Carol Burnett Quotes

Carol Burnett delivers witty, down-to-earth jokes about life, ambition and humor that make you grin.

Carol Burnett quotes

  1. Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

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

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  3. Comedy is tragedy plus time.

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

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

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  6. I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

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  7. I liked myself better when I wasn't me.

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  8. This is to explain just how your mom turned out to be the kind of hairpin she is.

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  9. We didn't exactly starve, but we were pretty poor when I was growing up. I remember thinking, Oh gosh, if I could just make thirty dollars a month to help with the rent, that would be fabulous. So perhaps I envied performers when I heard that Bing Crosby made twenty dollars a minute.

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  10. When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.

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  11. Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.

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  12. Short biography at Famous Texans web page

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