Ability is of little account without opportunity.

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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 everything falls into line.

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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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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 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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Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.

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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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Here's what I advise any young struggling actress today: The important thing is to develop as a woman first, and a performer second. You wouldn't prostitute yourself to get a part, not if you're in the right mind. You won't be happy, whatever you do, unless you're comfortable with your own conscience.

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