Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness.

Quote by Helen Hayes

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There is only one terminal dignity - love.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before...

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before...

Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original...

Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original...

The truth [is] that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story...

The truth [is] that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story...

I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures...

I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures...

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable...

The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable...

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines....

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines....

If you rest, you rust.

If you rest, you rust.

Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment,...

Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment,...

There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each...

There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each...

Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of...

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of...

Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine...

Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine...

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

So dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure, without him...

So dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure, without him...

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.

The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.