I don't suppose that hard work, discipline, and a perfectionist attitude toward my work did me any harm. They are a big part of my makeup today, as any of my co-workers will tell you. And when life seemed unbearable, I learned to live in my imagination, and to step inside other people's skins- indispensable abilities for an actress.

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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 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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Some of the most gifted people I've ever met or read about are homosexual. How can you knock it?

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Luck? Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

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Love yourself first and the rest of your life will fall into place.

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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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The more things you do, the more things you can do.

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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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