Betty White

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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."

Betty White

"It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver."

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"I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor."

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"If one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble."

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"I'm not looking forward to death; it's important to live while we are here. But those who have died, my mother said, now they know the secret. And someday we all will."

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"Friendship takes time and energy if it’s going to work. You can luck into something great, but it doesn’t last if you don’t give it proper appreciation. Friendship can be so comfortable, but nurture it — don’t take it for granted."

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"You don’t just luck into integrity. You work at it."

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"“Everybody needs a passion. That’s what keeps life interesting. If you live without passion, you can go through life without leaving any footprints.”"

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"“There’s no formula. Keep busy with your work and your life. You can’t become a professional mourner. It doesn’t help you or others. Replay the good times. Be grateful for the years you had.”"

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"“Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself keeps you feeling young.”"

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"Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep, nine if you’re ugly,"

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"There's no formula. Keep busy with your work and your life. Keep the person in your heart all the time. Replay the good times. Be grateful for the years you had."

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"You don't luck into integrity. You work at it."

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"“Laughter keeps everyone feeling wonderful.”"

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"You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal,"

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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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"“It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humour in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.”"

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"“If everyone took personal responsibility for their animals, we wouldn’t have a lot of the animal problems that we do."

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"Butterflies are like woman – we may look pretty and delicate, but baby, we can fly through a hurricane."

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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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"“Accentuate the positive, not the negative. It sounds so trite, but a lot of people will pick out something to complain about, rather than say, ‘Hey, that was great!’ It’s not hard to find great stuff if you look.”"

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"Never apologize for being funny because you'll be sorry when you stop getting laughs."

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"Everybody needs a passion. That's what keeps life interesting. If you live without passing, you can go through life without leaving any footprints."

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"“Keep the other person’s well being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.”"

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"“I have no regrets at all. None. I consider myself to be the luckiest old broad on two feet.”"

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