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Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

— Rosalind Russell Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies (2001)

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Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.

At MGM there was a first wave of top stars, and a second wave to replace them in case they got difficult. I was in the second line of defence, behind Myrna Loy.

Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies (2001)

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To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.

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Greatness by nature includes a power, but not a will to power.

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The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.

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