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.
LUCILLE BALLNow get the hell out of here and go change the world.
More Lucille Ball Quotes
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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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Responsibility is the ability to respond.
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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 would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.
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People either have comedy or they don’t. You can’t teach it to them.
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I never thought I was funny. I don’t THINK funny.
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Children internalize their parents’ unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.
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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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Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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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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Love yourself first and the rest of your life will fall into place.
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You see much more of your children once they leave home.
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Love yourself first and everything falls into line.
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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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