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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

#around #ask #asked #earn #even

I have a great memory. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#i #memory

Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#being #beliefs #curiosity #formed #how

I heard we'll get you a pass because we know you're married to a black woman. You're married to a sister so we'll give you that pass but also, those who know me but also if they look at the body of work, it is the bigger picture. ↗

— Blair Underwood

#because #bigger #bigger picture #black #body

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

— Carol Burnett

#celebrity #coming #everything #go #go away

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

#computer #i #i love #idea #know

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

#angel #basis #blue #called #club

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

— Carol Burnett

#astute #did #growing #growing up #how

Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. Girls outperform boys now at every level, from elementary school to graduate school. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#drop #elementary #elementary school #every #five

The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#contribute #direction #feeling #important #insofar