The more things you do, the more things you can do.

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I am not funny. The writers were funny. My directors were funny. The situations were funny… What I am is brave. I have never been scared. Not when I did movies, certainly not when I was a model and not when I did I Love Lucy.

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Ability is of little account without opportunity.

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

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

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Love yourself first and everything falls into line.

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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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Luck? Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

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Responsibility is the ability to respond.

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