The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I recei... by Patty Duke | We Heart Quotes

actress Women Television screenwriter advocate

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure.

- Patty Duke

Other quotes by Patty Duke

Death

The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death.

- Patty Duke

Bed

I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty Duke Show. I would go to bed at about 10 o'clock on a Friday night and not get up again until 6:30 Monday morning.

- Patty Duke

Life People

I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness.

- Patty Duke

Imagination Life

I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination.

- Patty Duke

Crime Business Being

I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill.

- Patty Duke

Time

I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?

- Patty Duke

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