Loretta Young Quotes

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Loretta Young

Profession : Actress

Birth : January 6, 1913

If you want a place in the sun, you have to expect a few blisters.

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I believe you have to nurture your conscience.

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There are no ugly ducklings.

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Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home.

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Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants.

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I've always been scared to death of pain - afraid, even, to think of it.

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In 1949 there was a new thing called Television, to which my agency and advisers opposed as a performance medium.

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Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.

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A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear it... its appeal is permanent.

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Everything worthwhile, everything of any value, has its price. Everything anyone has ever wanted has come neatly wrapped up in its penalties.

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I think making mistakes is as inevitable as receiving disappointments.

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I learned you have to fight for yourself in the picture business.

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I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe.

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I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.

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Just after I entered my teens I suddenly entertained an insatiable enthusiasm for the delightful habit of criticizing others.

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Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it.

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I'd thought of myself as a great big motion picture star from the time I was 6.

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A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.

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Just because you want to be glamorous, don't be a sheep about your eye makeup.

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As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!

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