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My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.
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I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll.
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Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.
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I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself.
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The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death.
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Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called Life.
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It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.
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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.
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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.
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When I don't know what the music is going to be for a scene, I imagine some sort of orchestration going on and damned if they don't usually come up with a similar kind of thing.
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The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure.
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I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.
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I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now.
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Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.
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I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.
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