Patty Duke Quotes
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I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.
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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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Without a sense of humor, I would have been gone a long time ago.
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I worshipped my father.
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When we want to say something negative to somebody we say, 'Aww, you're so crazy.'
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You can have manic-depression without having an ounce of creativity.
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My life was ripped off!
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I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.
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I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker.
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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'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up.
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Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called Life.
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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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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 kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother.
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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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We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.
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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'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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I've gotten to the age where I'm comfortable with just about everything - except getting old!
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Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.
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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 can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll.