Patty Duke Quotes
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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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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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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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Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called Life.
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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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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 believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness.
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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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You can have manic-depression without having an ounce of creativity.
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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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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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When we want to say something negative to somebody we say, 'Aww, you're so crazy.'
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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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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 was a very isolated teenager.
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Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.
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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?