I’m a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.
BETTY WHITEI 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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Animals are near and dear to my heart, and I’ve devoted my life to trying to improve their lives.
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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 a two-story house and a bad memory, so I’m up and down those stairs all the time. That’s my exercise.
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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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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 like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.
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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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Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it’s got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can’t just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that – it’s got to be funny.
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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 don’t know where I learned elephants like their tongues slapped. Whatever turns you on.
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I think older women still have a full life.
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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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Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way.
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I cannot stand the people who get wonderful starts in show business and who abuse it. Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, for example, although there are plenty of others, too. They are the most blessed people in the world, and they don’t appreciate it.
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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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