Quotable Women of the Week

By The Associated Press

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Some quotable quotes from women during the week: "I walked out on it; it didn't walk out on me. That's why I'm terrified about going back."-Actress Veronica Lake, planning a visit to Hollywood, her first trip there in nearly 20 years.

"Of course I've done a lot of interviews and press conferences, but it has always concerned politics. This was the first time I've been involved in an entertainment show, and it was terribly confusing, but fun."-Joan Kennedy, after taping an Andy Williams TV show in which she plays piano.

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"I have funny encounters with visitors. A lady stepped off a sightseeing bus and asked me, 'I understand your ancestors will be on view here. May I see them?"-Patri-

cia Maxwell Scott, great-great-great-granddaughter of Sir Walter Scott, speaking of tourists to the Scott mansion of Abbotsford.

"We just take it in our everyday stride now. It sounds strange, but we reaily do, although we'll never stop feeling grateful."-Thelma Russell, wife of Louis Russell, the world's longest living heart transplant patient.

"I just started crying-that's all I could do. There were times of doubt and waiting, but I never gave up hope. You always have to look for the bright side and hope for the best."-Cathleen Heavner, wife of one of the four U.S. airmen freed by leftist kidnapers in Turkey.

"To tell the truth, I was just embarrassed. I'm a shy kind of person. But I liked the script and it was a film I

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wanted to do, so I just went ahead anyway."--Actress Susannah York, in an interview, explaining why she did an intimate lesbian scene in the movie “The Killing of Sister George.”