In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.
— Helen Gahagan
I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.
I never felt I left the stage.
I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.
When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place.
