I tell people to monitor their self-pity... by Patty Duke | We Heart Quotes

People actress Television screenwriter advocate

I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.

- Patty Duke

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Help

If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient.

- Patty Duke

Women

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

- Patty Duke

Day Mind

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.

- 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

Life People

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

- Patty Duke

Wrong Age Sense People

I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.

- Patty Duke

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