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The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.
— Helen Hayes
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If you rest, you rust.
— Helen Hayes
Tags: rest, you, wisdom, humor, success
Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline.
— Helen Hayes
Tags: problem, accomplishment, climb, long
There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be parting with that, nor our bed - the four-poster - I'll be needing that to die in.
— Helen Hayes
Tags: christmas, chair, die, me
Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up... a lot of people don't have the courage to do it.
— Helen Hayes
Tags: earth, grow, people, courage
People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.
— Helen Hayes
Tags: rest, people, age, me
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