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Discover the thoughtful Quotes of Carol Channing, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history. Motivational Quotes of Carol Channing
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Carol Channing

I don’t hate Charles. I just want my life to count for something. Everyone thinks I just walked out on a paralyzed man. But after he had his stroke, he couldn’t hang on to me. And I realized for the first time that I was at peace.

– Carol Channing

Carol Channing

You just have to stick to it beyond all reason and all sanity; you just keep at it. You have to believe that you’ve got to be in the theater.

– Carol Channing

Carol Channing

My version of Dolly was mine, and it shouldn’t be anyone else’s.

– Carol Channing

Carol Channing

He wrote himself into the role of Dolly. Dolly was hilariously funny and didn’t know it. And that’s what Thornton Wilder was. He was an adorable man.

– Carol Channing

Carol Channing

I felt like jumping out a window when I heard Streisand was doing it. I’d played it four and a half years – I thought Dolly was mine. But after the initial shock wore off, I realized no great part is ever exclusively anybody’s.

– Carol Channing

Carol Channing

It’s a terrible thing to admit, but I’m not sure I know what Women’s Lib is.

– Carol Channing

Carol Channing

I can’t understand people missing a show because they’re sick: They’ve missed their best performance. You have an obstacle to overcome, and you reach for the heavens, and, doggone it, the heavens answer you.

– Carol Channing

Carol Channing

I just never had time to follow sports. When you’re working as often as I was, eight shows a week, you just don’t have time to develop interests outside of the theatre.

– Carol Channing

Carol Channing

Given the opportunity, I might change a choice I made, but you can’t regret making what you thought was the best decision at the time.

– Carol Channing

Carol Channing

I still meet with friends, and I’m enjoying life at 97 here in Palm Springs. They are trying to establish a new theater here in the desert, and if they raise enough money, I understand they might be calling it The Carol Channing Playhouse. Wouldn’t that be wonderful? What an honor that would be.

– Carol Channing

Carol Channing

I’ve never understood the use of vulgar language, but the definition of ‘risque’ is open to interpretation. I suppose I did many things in my shows that could be considered risque… at the time… right up until my 90s.

– Carol Channing

Carol Channing

We couldn’t let anyone know about it at the time, but I wasn’t all that healthy at times. I was battling cancer and had to have treatment in New York once a week, so Mr. Merrick arranged for me to fly out after the show on Sunday, from wherever we were touring, to see my doctor on Monday and fly back in time for the show on Tuesday.

– Carol Channing

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