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.

Quote by Helen Hayes

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We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

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,...

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

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.

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...

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...

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am...

The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am...

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....

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...

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....

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...

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

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...

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

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

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

I wish that every player could feel what I've felt in visiting ballparks. The receptions...

I wish that every player could feel what I've felt in visiting ballparks. The receptions...

And Summers and Winters scattered like splinters And four or five years slipped away

And Summers and Winters scattered like splinters And four or five years slipped away