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" We all get where we're going by circuitous journeys, and some of the setbacks are warranted. "

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" I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there. "

" I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany. "

" Steve Martin in 'All of Me,' when he did that whole thing where he was possessed by the spirit in his body? It was brilliant. "

" My childhood was rough, we were poor and my parents were alcoholics, but nobody was mean. I knew I was loved. We were on welfare, but I never felt abandoned or unloved. "

" I am not a joke-teller. Stand-up, I couldn't do. "

" You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself. "

" I'm so happy with what has happened in my life. "

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" We don't stop going to school when we graduate. "

" When I was starting out in this business, that was the norm. You did it all. You looked around, and entertainers could dance, sing, play the piano, act, make you laugh. "

" Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing. "

" My preference is for people who can do sketch comedy or situational comedy, where it's not a joke, but it's telling a story. "

" What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't think I have it in me to come up with those kinds of characters. "

" As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing. "

" I'm into 'House of Cards.' 'Breaking Bad' - my God, did I binge on that! "

" I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me. "

" In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door. "

" Ask anyone who's successful how they got there, you're going to hear a different story. "

" I was kind of shy as a kid. I was a pretty good student. I was a wallflower, or nerd, if you will. "

" When things are a disappointment, try not to be so discouraged. "

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" I'm like your mother, your sister, whatever. "

" Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away. "

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" I was very entertained by Betty Grable and Judy Garland. "

" My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away. "

" Just scream! You vent, and the body just feels good after a good old yell. "

" I am not a person who yells at all, but I realized that I have always felt so good after doing the Tarzan yell, after doing Charo, or screaming as Eunice. "

" I come from Texas, and my grandmother and mother were born in Arkansas. "