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

Quote by Carol Burnett

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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...

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.

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I...

I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I...

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...

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?

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.

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...

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

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

Because nobody goes through life without a scar.

Because nobody goes through life without a scar.

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...

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

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

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...

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...