Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

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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 cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.

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There's a great deal of difference between temperament and temper. Temperament is something you welcome creatively, for it is based on sensitivity, empathy, awareness ... but a bad temper takes too much out of you and doesn't really accomplish anything.

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People either have comedy or they don't. You can't teach it to them.

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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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I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

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You see much more of your children once they leave home.

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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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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. Lucille Ball

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