I learned that carrying on while you're broken is not the answer. I tried to work harder and harder, thinking that work would cure everything. All it did was make things worse.

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Gene Tierney was a 20th-century American actress. Gene Eliza Tierney was an American stage and film actress. Acclaimed for her great beauty, Tierney was a prominent leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Read more on Wikipedia →

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