I have my golden retriever now, Pontiac. He’s a career-change guide dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
BETTY WHITEI’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.
More Betty White Quotes
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I have the backbone of an eel.
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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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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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I’m in the acting business. That’s the ego business.
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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!
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I was one of the first women producers in Hollywood.
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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 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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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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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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It’s fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh.
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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 don’t care who anybody sleeps with. If a couple has been together all that time – and there are gay relationships that are more solid than some heterosexual ones – I think it’s fine if they want to get married. I don’t know how people can get so anti-something.
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I go out to the kitchen to feed the dog, but that’s about as much cooking as I do.
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I was an only child and I had a mother and father who were just – there wasn’t a straight man in the house, and I mean that in a very nice way. They were fun, and we would laugh a lot.
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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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A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.
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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 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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If 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.
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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 kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!
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I think it’s your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that’s a waste of a lovely life. ‘Oh… I’m 30, oh, I’m 40, oh, 50.’ Make the most of it.
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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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When we started in television, there was that magic box in the corner of the room, and ‘Oh my gosh – look what it’s doing!’
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