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I stayed in show business to pay for my animal business.

Betty White

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
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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Attitude Mental Myself Thinking Wasted Time
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 a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.
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Myself Negative Optimism Positive Try
You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.
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Animal Character Hands Yourself
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
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
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
Wendy Malick and Valerie Bertinelli make fun of me, but I take care of my health – I don’t abuse it.
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Abuse Care Comedy Fun Health Myself
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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Enjoyment Myself People Relax Remember
I go out to the kitchen to feed the dog, but that’s about as much cooking as I do.
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Cook Dog Food Kitchen Myself
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.
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Actor Credit Love Lucky Myself Truth Writing
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
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 have my golden retriever now, Pontiac. He’s a career-change guide dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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Breed Career Dog Guide Myself Pet
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

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