Mary Tyler Moore Quotes
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.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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All my books are optimistic!
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There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.
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This quality, I mean Geoffrey was with me, was very easy doing - he loved me very much, I loved him very much, and we understood each other so well that it was a pleasure to make music.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
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I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
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I have a little dictaphone and if a sound takes my fancy or if a lyric comes to me in the middle of the night I'll just record it there and then.
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Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
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African-Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.
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Companies that receive government information demands have to obey the law, but they often have room for maneuver. They scarcely ever use it.
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The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.
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With so much evidence of depleting natural resources, toxic waste, climate change, irreparable harm to our food chain and rapidly increasing instances of natural disasters, why do we keep perpetuating the problem? Why do we continue marching at the same alarming beat?
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It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it.
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I'm not perfect, but what's wonderful about eating a plant-based diet is, I don't have to be.
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Even if you look at Iran, those campaigners for human rights there, they don't want to have anything to do with America, because they are afraid that having American support will be the kiss of death for their movement. And that's really tragic.
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I wonder if people who asked for God to intervene in our world, really know what they are asking. Will they want to be there when God really does intervene?
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I don't have anything to get off my chest. I'm not itching to prove myself anymore.
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I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone.
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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.
