Helen Hayes

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"From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings."	Books, Humor, Laughter
"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."	Art, Death, Lies
"We relish news of our heroes, Forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too."	Miscellaneous
"Life ... would give her everything of consequence, life would shape her, not we. All we were good for was to make the introductions."	Evil, Life
"When Charles first saw our child Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked upon the poor little red thing and blurted, "She's more beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge."	Beauty
"The story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity."	Ability, Love
"Always aim for achievement, and forget about success."	Accomplishment, Achievement, Goals

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