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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

I’m in the middle of my sixth book, which is about animals at the Los Angeles Zoo.
BETTY WHITE

Animal Book Myself Writing
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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Disappear Hate Man Myself Open Protection Road Walk
I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!
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Children Comedy Myself Strength
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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Failure Greatness Myself Sound Work
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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Animal Doctor Medicine Myself Work World
The writers are the stars of every really successful sitcom.
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Movie Stardom Success Writing
I’ve enjoyed the opposite sex a lot. Always have. Always will.
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Enjoyment Myself Sex Willing
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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Box Magic Room Start Television
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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Fact Life Myself Privilege Time Work
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
I’m in the acting business. That’s the ego business.
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Act Business Ego Myself
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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Myself Social Media Sound Unknown Wasted Time
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
Anger tears me up inside, My own, or anyone else’s.
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Angry Character Feeling Tears
I think older women still have a full life.
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Life Myself Old Thinking Woman
I don’t know where I learned elephants like their tongues slapped. Whatever turns you on.
BETTY WHITE

Animal Learning Turn Yourself
I am the luckiest old broad on two feet if the truth were known. It’s – but it all goes back to ‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ ‘Golden Girls,’ all those – actors love to take the credit. We couldn’t do it without the writers.
BETTY WHITE

Actor Credit Love Lucky Myself Truth Writing
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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Feeling Myself Privilege Proud Record Success Thinking Track
Animals are near and dear to my heart, and I’ve devoted my life to trying to improve their lives.
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Animal Devotion Heart Improvement Life Live Myself Try
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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Bad Exercise Home Memories Myself Time
Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.
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Animal Better Criticism Human Lying Myself
I just want to bring as much natural as I can. I’m not saying that people who take acting lessons are false. They’re much better than I am, but it doesn’t work for me.
BETTY WHITE

Lesson Myself Natural People Work
I don’t seem to require a lot of sleep. I just – if I get four, five good hours, I’m fine. But sleeping is sort of dull. There’s a lot of other good stuff that you can do without just lying down and closing your eyes.
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Eyes Goodness Lying Sleep Thing Yourself
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.
BETTY WHITE

Blessing Myself People Stand Start Wonderful
A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.
BETTY WHITE

Best Friendship Goodness Herself Mom
I’m the luckiest broad on two feet, I’ll tell you that. They say once a woman passes 40 she doesn’t get any good parts, so I’m blessed.
BETTY WHITE

Age Blessing Myself Pass Time Woman
Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don’t get that laugh, there’s something wrong.
BETTY WHITE

Comedy Drama Easy Laughter Myself Wrong

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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