Mary Tyler Moore Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
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I was looking for what was coming from a man's soul and a man's conviction. I didn't care about his past. If it was innate and natural and felt good to him and it communicated.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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'Power' is really such a good show that I forget I'm in it sometimes.
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As a young teenager I looked desperately for things to read that might excuse me or assure me I wasn't the only one, that might confirm an identity I was unhappily piecing together.
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All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
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In the case of 'The Deep,' because of the people involved, the talent and the real lives of people who died, I wanted to make the most honest film I could. And sometimes that's the best way to go: Just make the best version of the film you can.
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American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.
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I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow.
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That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
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Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you.
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We can halt the destruction of the world's rainforests - and even restore parts of them - in order to ensure that the forests do what they are so good at - in other words, storing carbon naturally.
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Through the history of the world there have always been exploiters and exploited. There always will be ... because the great mass of men are made by nature to be slaves, they are unfit to control themselves, and for their own good need masters.
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You never get the Shakespeares right. It's not possible.
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I appreciate when people enjoy my work, but I don't like being recognized in public.
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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.
