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.

Quote by Carol Burnett

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Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a...

Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a...

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.

It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't...

It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't...

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

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

My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of...

My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of...

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.

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.

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been...

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been...

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

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

But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that...

But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that...

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.

My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't noah between meals. I mean, I...

My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't noah between meals. I mean, I...

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

You know, one wonderful thing that came out of my Enquirer experience is that, in...

You know, one wonderful thing that came out of my Enquirer experience is that, in...

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work...

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work...

Because nobody goes through life without a scar.

Because nobody goes through life without a scar.

But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't...

But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't...

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

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

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It...

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It...

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?