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

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

Carol Burnett quotes: I was kind of shy as a kid. I was a pretty good student. I was a wallflower, or nerd, if you will.

I was kind of shy as a kid. I was a pretty good student. I was a wallflower, or nerd, if you will.

Carol Burnett quotes: I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances.

I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances.

Carol Burnett quotes: My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.

My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.

Carol Burnett quotes: 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.

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

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 quotes: Because nobody goes though life without a scar.

Because nobody goes though life without a scar.

Carol Burnett quotes: If someone tells you that you cannot do something and you believe it, they are right.

If someone tells you that you cannot do something and you believe it, they are right.

Carol Burnett quotes: The first time someone said, 'What are your measurements?' I answered, '37, 24, 38 - but not necessarily in that order.'

The first time someone said, 'What are your measurements?' I answered, '37, 24, 38 - but not necessarily in that order.'

Carol Burnett quotes: I always preferred working with somebody so I could look into their eyeballs and play tennis.

I always preferred working with somebody so I could look into their eyeballs and play tennis.

Carol Burnett quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I wanted to be on Broadway, but in musical comedy.

I wanted to be on Broadway, but in musical comedy.

Carol Burnett quotes: I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.

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

Carol Burnett quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The audience is never wrong.

The audience is never wrong.

Carol Burnett quotes: 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.

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 quotes: It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.

It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.

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

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

Carol Burnett quotes: Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.

Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.

Carol Burnett quotes: No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful.

No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful.

Carol Burnett quotes: Comedy is tragedy - plus time.

Comedy is tragedy - plus time.

Carol Burnett quotes: Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

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

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

Carol Burnett quotes: I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking.

I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking.

Carol Burnett quotes: I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.

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

Carol Burnett quotes: I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?

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

Carol Burnett quotes: I have a great memory.

I have a great memory.

Carol Burnett quotes: There were times when I was more at home in front of millions of people than I was at home.

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

Carol Burnett quotes: Cavort, dear, just cavort

Cavort, dear, just cavort

Carol Burnett quotes: We don't stop going to school when we graduate.

We don't stop going to school when we graduate.

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

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

Carol Burnett quotes: 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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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

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

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

Carol Burnett quotes: Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.

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

Carol Burnett quotes: You do have to love your kids enough to let them hate you. But it's the disease that's hating you, not them.

You do have to love your kids enough to let them hate you. But it's the disease that's hating you, not them.

Carol Burnett quotes: I liked myself better when I wasn't me.

I liked myself better when I wasn't me.

Carol Burnett quotes: I couldn't get the laughter out of my head. It wasn't career. It wasn't even a choice. It was a calling.

I couldn't get the laughter out of my head. It wasn't career. It wasn't even a choice. It was a calling.

Carol Burnett quotes: Comedy = tragedy + time.

Comedy = tragedy + time.

Carol Burnett quotes: When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.

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

Carol Burnett quotes: I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.

I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.

Carol Burnett quotes: Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.

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

Carol Burnett quotes: I think we're here for each other.

I think we're here for each other.

Carol Burnett quotes: Because nobody goes through life without a scar.

Because nobody goes through life without a scar.

Carol Burnett quotes: I'm really not that funny in real life! But I am the best audience one could find. I love to laugh.

I'm really not that funny in real life! But I am the best audience one could find. I love to laugh.

Carol Burnett quotes: I always felt that I was more of an actress than a - I can't tell a joke to save my soul, but that I was a comedic actress.

I always felt that I was more of an actress than a - I can't tell a joke to save my soul, but that I was a comedic actress.

Carol Burnett quotes: I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany.

I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany.

Carol Burnett quotes: I'm not always optimistic. You wouldn't have all cylinders cooking if you were always like Mary Poppins.

I'm not always optimistic. You wouldn't have all cylinders cooking if you were always like Mary Poppins.

Carol Burnett quotes: It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers.

It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers.

Carol Burnett quotes: I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.

I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.