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In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.

Loretta Young

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Loretta Young
Age: 87 †
Born: 1913
Born: January 6
Died: 2000
Died: August 12
Actress
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Salt Lake City
Utah
Gretchen Young
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Things
Figured
Defense
Silence
Littles
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Self

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I think teenage impatience is just plain human nature! I think every generation has to cope with different circumstances, different problems. But it's the world that's changed. Human nature hasn't.
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A beguiling lady doesn't take after the swarm. She is herself.
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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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I believe in living today. Not in yesterday, nor in tomorrow.
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The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive.
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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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