Patty Duke Quotes
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Nobody gets through life on a pass.
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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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I worshipped my father.
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I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.
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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 believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness.
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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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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've gotten to the age where I'm comfortable with just about everything - except getting old!
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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 had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker.
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I was a very isolated teenager.
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I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up.
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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 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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My life was ripped off!
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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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Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.
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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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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 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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I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination.
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When we want to say something negative to somebody we say, 'Aww, you're so crazy.'