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

There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not ...

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My faith has wavered but has saved me.

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

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

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

Always aim for achievement and forget about success.

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

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If you rest you rust.

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

Yes I have doubted. I have wandered off the path but I always return. It is intuitive an intrinsi...

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Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

Childhood is a short season.

If you rest, you rust.

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

I was once the typical daughter then the easily recognizable wife and then the quintessential moth...

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People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admira...

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We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only...

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The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of a love is not importan...

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Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

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

The truth [is] that there is only one terminal dignity�love. And the story of a love is not importan...

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Helen Hayes

Actress

Born: 1900-10-10

Died: 1993-03-17

Helen Hayes MacArthur (née Brown; 10 October 1900 – 17 March 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 80 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre" and was one of 16 people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (an EGOT). She was also the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting; as of December 2020, the only other person to have accomplished both is Rita Moreno. Hayes also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, from President Ronald Reagan in 1986.More