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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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"I've always dreamed of growing up to be Amy Poehler."

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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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"I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized."

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"Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough kid with the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair."

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

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"Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes."

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"Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times."

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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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"I was a handful growing up."

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"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me."
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"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."
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