I can't even remember how many times I t... by Patty Duke | We Heart Quotes

actress Television screenwriter advocate Mental health

I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself.

- Patty Duke

Other quotes by Patty Duke

Time First

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.

- Patty Duke

Fortune

No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing.

- Patty Duke

Women

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

- Patty Duke

Word

I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll.

- Patty Duke

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.

- 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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The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up.

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Idleness does drive me crazy, but I'd rather read or write than do anything just to work. A kind of respect has been instilled in me for acting: I love it too much to ever have a bad relationship with it.

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There's always somebody older, richer, more desperate than you.

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