remember to recognize the small successes that you will have. Don't let the brightness of that big goal blind you to what happens on the way toward the goal. Meet one wave at a time and enjoy what progress you make. I want you please not to be taken up in the undertow of pessimism.

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

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

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It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

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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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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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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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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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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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