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.

Quote by Helen Hayes

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

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

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,...

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...

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

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.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

If you rest, you rust.

If you rest, you rust.

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....

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...

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...

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...

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

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...

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

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...

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

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...

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

I miss the days when all it took to make me feel better was my...

I miss the days when all it took to make me feel better was my...