But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.
Interpretation
Everyone struggles to achieve their dreams, and it's important to respect their efforts, regardless of the outcome.
In this quote, Carol Burnett expresses an understanding of the challenges individuals face in pursuing their dreams, regardless of the simplicity of those dreams, such as basic necessities like shelter and food. She emphasizes the value of hard work and dedication in striving for personal goals, advocating for a compassionate perspective towards others' journeys and ambitions.
In practice
In an inspirational speech about perseverance during a graduation ceremony.
My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres.
You have to have faith that there is a reason you go through certain things. I can't say I'm glad to go through pain, but in a way one must, in order to gain courage and really feel joy.
It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.
I've always been optimistic. And I have a feeling that it happened because of going to all those movies with my grandmother in the '40s because there was no cynicism.
Edgy is fine - I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination - but what's wrong with a good ol' belly laugh? I miss that.
My favourite comedian, of course, is Tim Conway. He has a way about him - being that belly-laugh kind of funny, and he has the improvisational skills, too. I've never seen anybody better.
We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.
I've been saying to people for a long time, 'If you're not doing something you're tremendously excited about, and you're not feeling passionate about it, you're compromising yourself every day.'
If you want to look for obstacles, what's wrong is always available. But so is what's right!
Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.
...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.
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