Mary Tyler Moore quotes - page 2

There are certain things about me that I will never tell to anyone because I am a very private person. But basically, what you see is who I am. I'm independent, I do like to be liked, I do look for the good side of life and people. I'm positive, I'm disciplined, I like my life in order, and I'm neat as a pin. (Mary Tyler Moore)
And then Dick called and said, I'm going to do a special called Dick Van Dyke and the other woman, that would be you, because every time I try to check into a hotel with my wife, they look at me as though I'm cheating on Laura. View quote
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Well, Rhoda was, I think, the last actress that we saw. There had been so many wonderful actresses who were close, really close. But there was no magical epiphany. View quote
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Reruns are wonderful because it usually indicates that they had something going for them to begin with and that's why you're still looking at them. And in both my shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show and the last one, they were so well written and so good they hold up. View quote
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I live in New York simply because I don't know any better. I moved there when the show went off the air a couple of years after that. View quote
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The only leading man I ever had a crush on was James Garner. View quote
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And that's what the audience was feeling too, as they watched the show and as they watch it now. And overriding all of that is the way it was written. It was written honestly. There was never any manufactured laugh. There was never compromising of character. View quote
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I think I can take responsibility for that in that I was the audience. I was the voice of sanity around whom all these crazies did their dance. And I reacted in the same way that a member of the audience would have reacted. View quote
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Interestingly that some of the characters did not turn out the way Jim and Allen had envisioned them. View quote
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It was Grant's company and he made all the decisions. And that was just fine. View quote
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No, I tell you what I like is having the play close after a decent run and looking back on it and saying, yes, I did that, and wasn't it wonderful? Because while you're doing it, it is really tough. It is so hard. (Mary Tyler Moore)
What happens is that the system builds many inferior blood vessels in the eye to take the place of the vessels that are dying. And those blood vessels are not up to the task. And they bleed. They hemorrhage and they cover the eye inside with blood. View quote
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When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates. I have no idea why I thought this. View quote
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Diabetes is an all-too-personal time bomb which can go off today, tomorrow, next year, or 10 years from now - a time bomb affecting millions like me and the children here today. View quote
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I've had the fame and the joy of getting laughter - those are gifts. View quote
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Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living. View quote
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Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. View quote
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Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story. View quote
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I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes. View quote
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I do watch a lot of Fox News. I like Charles Krauthammer and Bill OReilly. View quote
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