Mary Tyler Moore quotes

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers. (Mary Tyler Moore)
You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
Diets are for those who are thick and tired of it. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
I'm an experienced woman I've been around . . . well, alright, I might not've been around, but I've been . . . nearby. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
There are two kinds of cloning right now. One is therapeutic cloning which is for coming up with cures for life threatening, really, really awful diseases. Then there is reproductive cloning, which is to make a human being out of your DNA and a donor egg. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
And the sculptor woman was so clever in the way she did it. She had the beret just about to leave my hand. So it's attached to this finger and that's what will keep it there. And I'm looking up at it, so there's no question but that that beret is going to fly. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
I loved working with Valerie. That was the most wonderful revelation to find that when we are on a set and we're playing our roles, we're like separated twins. We can almost finish each other's dialogue. View quote
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I don't know how to do the other, so I won't even consider television until the audience's taste changes. (Mary Tyler Moore)
I just like the continue doing what I've been doing. A melange of funny, straight drama, television, movies, a little theater here and there wouldn't hurt. So if I can keep doing that, I'll be a very happy person. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they're just such a jolt to the system. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
I still feel as if I weren't a good enough mother. I didn't break any rules. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
I live in a kind of controlled awareness. I wouldn't call it fear, but it's an awareness. I know I have a responsibility to behave in a certain way. I'm able to do that. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
And I came close to losing a part of my foot on two occasions. I hope I'm consistently lucky and that the next time I develop a blister or step on something sharp, that I don't go as far as I did on those two times. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
Lou Grant was pretty much always Lou Grant. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
No candy bars unless I've had a low blood sugar where I'm shaky. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
My proximity to the sheep, cattle, and geese who are now my neighbors in the country is what has finally turned me into a vegetarian. I talk to these animals when I walk. Sometimes I am lucky enough to make physical contact with them, and as I look into their eyes I see not only the innocence, but also the clear fact that those eyes are no less complicated in their structure than my own. Don't we now have enough tasty things to eat from the garden and all the delicious ways to prepare them? (Mary Tyler Moore)
Whatever it is, it's OK because it's what it is. Don't be looking for perfection. View quote
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I knew at a very early age what I wanted to do. Some people refer to it as indulging in my instincts and artistic bent. I call it just showing off, which was what I did from about three years of age on. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
My grandfather once said, having watched me one entire afternoon, prancing and leaping and cavorting, "this child will either end up on stage or in jail." Fortunately, I took the easy route. View quote
Mary Tyler Moore
It may take a while, but there will probably come a time when we look back and say, "Good Lord, do you believe that in the twentieth century and early part of the twenty-first, people were still eating animals?" View quote
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