Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
LUCILLE BALLLove yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
More Lucille Ball Quotes
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I’m happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.
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I’m not funny. What I am is brave.
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I was shy for several years in my early days in Hollywood until I figured out that no one really gave a damn if I was shy or not, and I got over my shyness.
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Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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I’m sometimes scared of everything that has happened to us. We didn’t think Desilu Productions would grow so big. We merely wanted to be together and have two children.
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Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don’t rush; otherwise you’ll look like a patchwork quilt.
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I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally.
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One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
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If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.
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It wasn’t love at first sight. It took a full five minutes.
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Luck? Luck is hard work – and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t.
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It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.
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Some of the most gifted people I’ve ever met or read about are homosexual. How can you knock it?
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How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we’d profit from them.
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
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Television is the quickest form of recognition in the world.
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Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that’s good taste.
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I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one.
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I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.
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You see much more of your children once they leave home.
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People either have comedy or they don’t. You can’t teach it to them.
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Children internalize their parents’ unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.
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Responsibility is the ability to respond.
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Now get the hell out of here and go change the world.
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I will never do another TV series. It couldn’t top I Love Lucy, and I’d be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off.
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I never thought I was funny. I don’t THINK funny.
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