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Carol Burnett

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

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

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"When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't."

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"Remember, it's still a mystery to be an adult. If you knew it all before eighteen, you'd have nothing to look forward to."

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"I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere."

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"As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed."

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"There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify."

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"Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents."

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"Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing."

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"You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up."

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"L.A. Woman is amazing, but when I was growing up I was into the Who."

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"I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs."

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"Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head."
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"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."
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"Comedy is tragedy plus time."
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