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

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.’
BETTY WHITE

Activist Animal Focus Myself Point Problem Public Thinking
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
You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.
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Animal Character Hands Yourself
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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Build Care Depression Dog Father Money Myself
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
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’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 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.
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Lesson Myself Natural People Work
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
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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Children Dog Myself People Personal Responsibility
I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It’s that simple.
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Business Fun Myself People Simplicity
I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.
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Dirty Humor Myself Preference
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
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.
BETTY WHITE

Feeling Myself Privilege Proud Record Success Thinking Track
Why retire from something if you’re loving it so much and enjoying it so much, and you’re blessed with another group of people to work with like the gang on ‘Hot in Cleveland?’ Why would I think of retiring? What would I do with myself?
BETTY WHITE

Enjoyment Love Myself Retirement
The writers are the stars of every really successful sitcom.
BETTY WHITE

Movie Stardom Success Writing

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