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Theatre Quotes by Helen Hayes
- The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines…
- Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness.
- Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end.
- The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.
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