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.
BETTY WHITEAnimal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.
More Betty White Quotes
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Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it’s got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can’t just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that – it’s got to be funny.
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I’m a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.
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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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Animal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.
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Animals are near and dear to my heart, and I’ve devoted my life to trying to improve their lives.
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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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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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I have the backbone of an eel.
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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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I stayed in show business to pay for my animal business.
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You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.
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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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Anger tears me up inside, My own, or anyone else’s.
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Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.
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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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