Patty Duke Quotes
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I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.
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I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.
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The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you might die. This poor doctor was talking to an actress. It was very dramatic to me. To him, it was just a thing he had to say.
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If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient.
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I worshipped my father.
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If stars behave in an erratic fashion, it's called 'colorful,' as opposed to, 'Well, maybe there's a problem there.'
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I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness.
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My life was ripped off!
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I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker.
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During the rocky times, it never occurred to me that one day I would hold a position of respect and responsibility in the community.
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I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up.
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I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother.
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When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.
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I've gotten to the age where I'm comfortable with just about everything - except getting old!
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As much as I loathe this aging thing, I'm beginning to recognize that I am now a healthier person in terms of self-worth and knowing who I am and where I fit in the world. That's been a good trade-off for the wrinkles.
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I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future.
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I was a very isolated teenager.
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One of the reasons I survived as well as I did was my genetics. My mother and father both had very tough lives, and boy, were they survivors.
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I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill.
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For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless.
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Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.
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When we want to say something negative to somebody we say, 'Aww, you're so crazy.'
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I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?
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We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.