I’m so compulsive about stuff, I know if I had ever gotten pregnant, of course, that would have been my whole focus. But I didn’t choose to have children because I’m focused on my career. And I just don’t think, as compulsive as I am, that I could manage both.
BETTY WHITEI just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It’s that simple.
More Betty White Quotes
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I have the backbone of an eel.
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I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, I’m the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so I’m not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So I’m just relaxing and enjoying it.
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You know what the problem that animal activists sometimes have? They only concentrate on the heartbreaking things to the point where the general public thinks, ‘Oh, here comes those animal folks again and I’m going to hear all the things I don’t want to hear.’
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Animal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.
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I’m in the middle of my sixth book, which is about animals at the Los Angeles Zoo.
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I think that a show that is as successful as ‘The Golden Girls’ is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. If you don’t feel proud to be part of a show that has that kind of track record, then shame on you, because that’s a privilege.
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I think a lot of people like hidden-camera shows where they think they’re spying on somebody who doesn’t know they’re looking at them. And nobody takes it seriously – you either enjoy it and get a laugh out of the reactions or not.
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I have my golden retriever now, Pontiac. He’s a career-change guide dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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Wilderness is harder and harder to find these days on this beautiful planet, and we’re abusing our planet to the point of almost no return.
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I’m not what you might call sexy, but I’m romantic. Let’s put it that way.
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I like double entendre because then the people who get it enjoy it, and the people who don’t get it don’t know about it.
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Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.
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I really don’t care with whom you sleep. I just care what kind of a decent human being you are.
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It’s been phenomenal, but everybody keeps congratulating me on my resurgence and my big comeback. I haven’t been away, guys. I’ve been working steadily for the last 63 years.
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I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!
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