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
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It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn’t, and when it does, we may well reject it. – Spencer Tracy
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You can’t fail. The further you fall, the greater the opportunity for growth and change. – Julie Newmar
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It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer. – Norma Schearer
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Tough times don’t last, tough people do. – Gregory Peck
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You know, there’s nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It’s kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen. – Ginger Rogers …
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If you’re going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way. – Jayne Mansfield.
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‘Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That’s the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything, Meet everybody.’ – Hedy Lamarr
New biography for Judy Garland uses her own words
A new biography on Judy Garland that gives us a view of her life in her own words, has been published this month.
Eli Wallach dies at the age of 98
Classic Hollywood actor Eli Wallach, who was a big presence in film, on stage and on television for more than 60 years, died on Tuesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 98.
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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else. – Bette Davis
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Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it. – Laurence Olivier
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Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them. – Maureen O’Hara
CHC joined Pinterest!
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Be yourself. The world worships the original. – Ingrid Bergman
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Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it. – Brigitte Bardot
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Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway – John Wayne
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Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring – Marilyn Monroe
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Publicity can be terrible. But only if you don’t have any – Jane Russell
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An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer – Marlon Brando