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

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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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How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them.

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

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Responsibility is the ability to respond.

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

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You see much more of your children once they leave home.

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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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