I believe that we’re as happy in life as we make up our minds to be.
LUCILLE BALLThe secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
More Lucille Ball Quotes
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.
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I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.
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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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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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It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.
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Children internalize their parents’ unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.
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Whether we’re prepared or not, life has a habit of thrusting situations upon us.
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It wasn’t love at first sight. It took a full five minutes.
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Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work – and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t.
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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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I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.
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People either have comedy or they don’t. You can’t teach it to them.
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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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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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