I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.

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

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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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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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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 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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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

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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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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'm not funny. What I am is brave.

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