If you get into a Broadway show and it doesn’t work, you’re a failure. And if it does work, you may be stuck for who knows how long. It just doesn’t sound great to me!
BETTY WHITEIf you’re walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I grew up with that, and I hate to see something like that get lost. I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing.
More Betty White Quotes
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I’m having the time of my life and the fact that I’m still working – how lucky can you get? I’m 90 years old and still able to work as much as I do. That’s a privilege.
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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 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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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.
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Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way.
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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’ve worked with Morris Animal Foundation for more than 40 years now, and I’m so proud of all they’ve done to advance veterinary medicine for animals worldwide.
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I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!
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I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It’s that simple.
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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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During the Depression, my dad made radios to sell to make extra money. Nobody had any money to buy the radios, so he would trade them for dogs. He built kennels in the backyard, and he cared for the dogs.
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I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.
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Take personal responsibility. A lot of people go, ‘Well, I’ll get a dog because I have a kid and a kid needs a dog.’ And it doesn’t work out for that dog and the dog is on the street.
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I didn’t know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time.
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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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