Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

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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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Responsibility is the ability to respond.

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

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Whether we're prepared or not, life has a habit of thrusting situations upon us.

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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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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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One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

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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'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

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