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Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end.
Helen Hayes
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Helen Hayes
Age: 92 †
Born: 1900
Born: October 10
Died: 1993
Died: March 17
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Victoria had the discipline of being a queen to help her through the biggest trial of her life - when she lost Albert and faltered. I've had the discipline of the theatre to help me over the ups and downs. A wonderful life . . Go it old girl. You've done it well.
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Egocentrics are attracted to the inept. It gives them one more excuse for patting themselves on the back.
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Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness.
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One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.
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I cry out for order and find it only in art.
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Our house was always filled with dogs... They helped make our house a kennel, it is true, but the constant patter of their filthy paws and the dreadful results of their brainless activities have warmed me throughout the years.
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Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.
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When books are opened, we discover that we have wings
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Always aim for achievement, and forget about success.
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When Charles first saw our child Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked upon the poor little red thing and blurted, She's more beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge.
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There is only one terminal dignity - love.
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Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up... a lot of people don't have the courage to do it.
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We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart... and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together.... I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude.
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The theatre demanded of its members stamina, good digestion, the ability to adjust, and a strong sense of humor. There was no discomfort an actor didn't learn to endure. To survive, we had to be horses and we were.
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Childhood is a short season.
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In the last stages of a final illness, we need only the absence of pain and the presence of family.
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The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.
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Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline.
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When it comes to staying tuned: if you rest, you rust.
Helen Hayes
If you rest, you rust.
Helen Hayes
