Lucille Ball quotes

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. (Lucille Ball)
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
Lucille Ball
I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.
Lucille Ball
I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
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You see much more of your children once they leave home.
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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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It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.
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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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In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.
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When you're too mad and too rattled to see straight, you're bound to make mistakes. You can't go on and on for years being miserable about a situation and not have it change you. You get so you can't stand yourself. (Lucille Ball)
Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.
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My ideal of womanhood has always been the pioneer woman who fought and worked at her husband's side. She bore the children, kept the home fires burning; she was the hub of the family, the planner and the dreamer.
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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 have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.
Lucille Ball
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.
Lucille Ball
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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Responsibility is the ability to respond.
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Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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This was the heyday of the movies; it was hard to keep a level head and one's sense of values. MGM made over-worked, spoiled idols out of Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and Elizabeth Taylor; it wasn't the kids' fault, nor the studio's, it was the System. I too was on the spoiling list for a while, but I didn't go along with it.
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I closed my eyes, put blinders on, and ignored what was too painful to think about. I tried to view my troubles less seriously, and worry less. I tried to curb my temper. Things said in embarrassment and anger are seldom the truth, but are said to hurt and wound the other person. Once said, they can never be taken back. (Lucille Ball)
People with happy childhoods never overdo; they don't strive or exert themselves. They're moderate, pleasant, well liked, and good citizens. Society needs them. But the tremendous drive and dedication necessary to succeed in any field- not only show business- often seems to be rooted in a disturbed childhood. I wasn't an unloved or an unwanted child, but I was moved around a lot, and then death and cruel circumstances brought many painful separations.
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I'm not funny. What I am is brave.
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I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally.
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I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.
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