"There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be parting with that, nor our bed - the four-poster - I'll be needing that to die in."
-Helen Hayes
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"From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.“
-Helen Hayes
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"Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end."
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"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."
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"Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does."
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"The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity."
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"When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee."
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