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Patty Duke
American
Actress
Born:
Dec 14
,
1946
Died:
Mar 29
,
2016
About
Life
Me
Time
Very
You
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As much as I loathe this aging thing, I'm beginning to recognize that I am now a healthier person in terms of self-worth and knowing who I am and where I fit in the world. That's been a good trade-off for the wrinkles.
Patty Duke
Good
World
Wrinkles
Beginning
Loathe
Recognize
Terms
Knowing
Am
Healthier
Trade-Off
Been
Self-Worth
Fit
Person
Where
Much
Aging
Who
Now
Thing
I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.
Patty Duke
People
Tell
Unattractive
Self-Pity
Very
Monitor
Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.
Patty Duke
Relationship
Insanity
About
Inspiration
Between
Human
Human Beings
Centuries
Beings
Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.
Patty Duke
Sometimes
Matters
Someone
Seemingly
Simplest
Stuff
Most
Practical
Fairness is really important to me.
Patty Duke
Me
Important
Fairness
Really
I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature.
Patty Duke
Funny
Nature
Joke
Our
About
Outrageous
Colorful
Part
Because
Around
Lot
Times
Manic
Things
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
Myself
Day
Every Day
Walk
Mind
Picture
Every
Look
Stunned
Until
Around
Then
I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.
Patty Duke
Me
Age
Young
Something
Knew
Wrong
Very
Young Age
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
Morning
Monday
Think
Would
About
Until
Bed
Real
Doing
Go
Duke
Friday
Friday Night
Up
Get
Again
Patty
Depressions
Show
Monday Morning
Started
Night
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
Business
Woman
Crime
Seems
Mentally
Than
Going
Being
Bigger
Ill
I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up.
Patty Duke
Neuroses
Cleared
Sure
Up
Want
I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future.
Patty Duke
Future
Whatever
Believe
Date
Mysterious
Come
Am
End
Going
December
Whoever
Start
If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient.
Patty Duke
Patient
Others
Message
Go
Any
Help
Early
Resistant
The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you might die. This poor doctor was talking to an actress. It was very dramatic to me. To him, it was just a thing he had to say.
Patty Duke
Me
You
Risks
Doctor
Doctors
Dramatic
Say
Tell
Must
Had
He
Him
Talking
Surgery
Very
Die
Just
Poor
Might
Actress
Thing
The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure.
Patty Duke
Rights
Women
Eleanor Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Award
Activities
Treasure
Received
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.
Patty Duke
Everybody
Find
See
Eating
Insomnia
Driven
Never
New
Up
York
New York
Being
Mania
Apartment
Shut
Shut Up
Started
At the age of 19, I removed myself from society for almost four months, setting off years of manic episodes, including outrageous overspending. I bought several Mercedes because I thought I could. I had no money, but I rented a jet.
Patty Duke
Myself
Age
Money
Thought
Society
Jet
Setting
Months
Several
Could
Outrageous
Mercedes
Had
Bought
Almost
Because
Years
Off
Manic
Episodes
Including
Four
I'm surviving a life-threatening illness. Many do not, such as those without celebrity and fortune who have to depend on the public healthcare system.
Patty Duke
Depend
Those
System
Life-Threatening
Without
Healthcare
Celebrity
Surviving
Public
Fortune
Who
Many
Illness
When we want to say something negative to somebody we say, 'Aww, you're so crazy.'
Patty Duke
Crazy
You
Negative
Somebody
Say
Something
Want
I've survived. I've beaten my own bad system, and on some days, on most days, that feels like a miracle.
Patty Duke
Own
System
Bad
Some
Miracle
My Own
Beaten
Feels
Days
Like
Most
Survived
I was a truly loving mom, but I didn't have the tools to do the job.
Patty Duke
Mom
Job
Tools
Truly
Loving
Bipolar indicates that you're not - you don't just experience depression, but the mood swing goes up, and it can go very up.
Patty Duke
Depression
You
Experience
Bipolar
Mood
Go
Up
Very
Goes
Just
Swing
Nobody gets through life on a pass.
Patty Duke
Life
Through
Nobody
Pass
Gets
Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called Life.
Patty Duke
Life
Reality
Walk
Park
Hard
Thing
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