Lucille Ball

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent. ↗

— Lucille Ball

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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. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#audience #better #dead #fact #ham

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. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#business #foolish #get #i #i love

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. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#children #everything #grow #happened #i

I'm not funny. What I am is brave. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#brave #funny #i #i am

I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#everyday #everything #falls #first #i

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

#discouraged #faith #get #hard #hard way

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

— Lucille Ball

#age #eat #honestly #lie #live

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#busy #busy person #done #more #person

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. ↗

— Lucille Ball

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