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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.

Betty White

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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Activist Animal Focus Myself Point Problem Public Thinking
I’m a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.
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Myself Negative Optimism Positive Try
Animal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.
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Animal Lover Myself
I’ve enjoyed the opposite sex a lot. Always have. Always will.
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Enjoyment Myself Sex Willing
The writers are the stars of every really successful sitcom.
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Movie Stardom Success Writing
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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Beautiful Hard Myself Planet Return Wild
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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Camera Enjoyment Hide People Reaction Serious Yourself
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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Children Focus Management Myself Pregnant Thinking
It’s fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh.
BETTY WHITE

Enjoyment Laughter Myself Serious
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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Blessing Myself People Stand Start Wonderful
I don’t get political.
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Myself Politics
Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don’t get that laugh, there’s something wrong.
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Comedy Drama Easy Laughter Myself Wrong
Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way.
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Funny Myself Retirement Vocabulary Way
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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Congrats Hard Work Myself Phenomenal Work
I was one of the first women producers in Hollywood.
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Hollywood Myself Production Woman
A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.
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Best Friendship Goodness Herself Mom

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 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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