Lucille Ball Quotes
An American comedienne, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy.
(1911 - 1989)
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Ability is of little account without opportunity.
[Ability]
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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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I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one.
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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.
[Luck]
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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 have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.
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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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I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.
[Self Acceptance]
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I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off.
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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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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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I'm not funny. What I am is brave.
[Courage]
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I'm sometimes scared of everything that has happened to us. We didn't think Desilu Productions would grow so big. We merely wanted to be together and have two children.
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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.
[Work]
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In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
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It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.
[Able]
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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.
[Introspection]
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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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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.
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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.
[Positive]
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