Patty Duke
Actress
1946-12-14
Quotes by Patty Duke
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For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless.
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I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.
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I'm spoiled rotten, as my children would tell you.
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I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination.
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I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned.
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It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.
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I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.
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I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness.
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As much as I loathe this aging thing, I'm beginning to recognize that I am now a healthier person in terms of self-worth and knowing who I am and where I fit in the world. That's been a good trade-off for the wrinkles.
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One of the things I've discovered in general about raising kids is that they really don't give a damn if you walked five miles to school.
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... I went through a very lethargic period ... I was just sort of getting through every night and every day.
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I was just sort of moving through time.
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I think sex education in schools is a wonderful idea, but I don't think the kids should be given homework.
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