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.

Quote by Helen Hayes

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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...

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.

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 hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

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

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...

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

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

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

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

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.

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,...

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

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...

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...

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

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

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no...

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no...

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets,...

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets,...

Love, love, love -- all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy...

Love, love, love -- all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy...