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I’m a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.

Betty White

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.
BETTY WHITE

Eyes Goodness Lying Sleep Thing Yourself
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 WHITE

Failure Greatness Myself Sound Work
Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way.
BETTY WHITE

Funny Myself Retirement Vocabulary Way
The writers are the stars of every really successful sitcom.
BETTY WHITE

Movie Stardom Success Writing
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

Children Funny Laughter Mom Myself
I was one of the first women producers in Hollywood.
BETTY WHITE

Hollywood Myself Production Woman
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.
BETTY WHITE

Camera Enjoyment Hide People Reaction Serious Yourself
You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.
BETTY WHITE

Animal Character Hands Yourself
I’m not what you might call sexy, but I’m romantic. Let’s put it that way.
BETTY WHITE

Character Myself Romantic Sex Way
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.
BETTY WHITE

Disappear Hate Man Myself Open Protection Road Walk
Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.
BETTY WHITE

Animal Better Criticism Human Lying Myself
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
I have my golden retriever now, Pontiac. He’s a career-change guide dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
BETTY WHITE

Breed Career Dog Guide Myself Pet
I’m in the middle of my sixth book, which is about animals at the Los Angeles Zoo.
BETTY WHITE

Animal Book Myself Writing
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.
BETTY WHITE

Attitude Mental Myself Thinking Wasted Time
Anger tears me up inside, My own, or anyone else’s.
BETTY WHITE

Angry Character Feeling Tears

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