“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly … very slowly.”

As quoted in Great Hollywood Wit: A Glorious Cavalcade of Hollywood Wisecracks, Zingers, Japes, Quips, Slings, Jests, Snappers, & Sass from the Stars (2003) by Gene Shalit, p. 46

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American burlesque performer, actress, author 1911–1970

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