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Lucille Ball is an outdoor sculpture of the American actress and comedienne Lucille Ball. The statue was sculpted by David Poulin and installed in Lucille Ball Memorial Park in Celoron, New York in 2009. The statue became known for its disturbing appearance and for the absence of any resemblance between it and Lucille Ball; it was nicknamed Scary Lucy. In 2016, following negative publicity, Scary Lucy was moved nearby and replaced with a new statue of Lucille Ball created by Carolyn D. Palmer. The new sculpture is known officially as New Lucy and colloquially as Lovely Lucy.
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“Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.”
“I don't suppose that hard work, discipline, and a perfectionist attitude toward my work did me any harm. They are a big part of my makeup today, as any of my co-workers will tell you. And when life seemed unbearable, I learned to live in my imagination, and to step inside other people's skins- indispensable abilities for an actress.”
“Here's what I advise any young struggling actress today: The important thing is to develop as a woman first, and a performer second. You wouldn't prostitute yourself to get a part, not if you're in the right mind. You won't be happy, whatever you do, unless you're comfortable with your own conscience.”
“This was the heyday of the movies; it was hard to keep a level head and one's sense of values. MGM made over-worked, spoiled idols out of Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and Elizabeth Taylor; it wasn't the kids' fault, nor the studio's, it was the System. I too was on the spoiling list for a while, but I didn't go along with it.”
“I closed my eyes, put blinders on, and ignored what was too painful to think about. I tried to view my troubles less seriously, and worry less. I tried to curb my temper. Things said in embarrassment and anger are seldom the truth, but are said to hurt and wound the other person. Once said, they can never be taken back.”
“Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.”
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