Helen Hayes Quotes

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

Helen Hayes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 10, 1900 - March 17, 1993

Topics

TruthSurviveDieLegendsHardDoes

Writing is very much perceived as something distinct from performance. I don't see it like that.

Robert Lepage

WritingPerformanceSeeSomething

Literature plays a huge role in examining difficult real-life issues.

Angie Thomas

LiteratureDifficultRoleIssues

God forbid you be an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room.

Ani DiFranco

GirlGodUglyYouHatredSecret

I love creating images, of course, because I'm an artist.

Steven Rodney McQueen

LoveArtistCreatingBecauseCourse

I super strongly identify with marginalized communities. I'm not at all religious, but I feel super, super Jewish. I can't even describe the feeling, but it actually feels really similar to being gay, the kind of kinship that you feel with the LGBTQ people. That same sense of community is there with Judaism.

Troye Sivan

CommunityPeopleFeelYouGayKind

Reading is looked at like it's corny or lame, but you'd be surprised what you can find in a book.

Jaylen Brown

BookReadingYouFindLikeCorny

I sold my first script when I was 21 - this kids' adventure movie that never got made. I just bought that one back, actually. I'm pretty psyched about it.

Jason Segel

AdventureBackNeverFirstPretty

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.

Jonathan Swift

PantsTellSitDimeManyThin

I grew up in the '80s in L.A., so Ice Cube and Magic Johnson are my heroes.

Jonah Hill

MagicIceHeroesUpCubeGrew

Under normal circumstances, if the centerpiece of a president's campaign is helping the disadvantaged and we are our brother's keeper, the idea that this same guy has an actual brother living in third-world poverty without any help from Obama, this would have been on the cover of 'The New York Times.' But none of them are touching it.

Dinesh D'Souza

New YorkBrotherHelpPovertyLiving

I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for men in the same position.

Dee Dee Myers

TimeQualityMenSamePositionHad

My songwriting, when I'm writing, is nothing like it is in its finished form - but you have to start somewhere.

Christine McVie

WritingStartYouNothingSomewhere

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