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I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

Mary Tyler Moore

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Mary Tyler Moore
Age: 80 †
Born: 1936
Born: December 29
Died: 2017
Died: January 25
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You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
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Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.
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Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.
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Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they're just such a jolt to the system
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Diets are for those who are thick and tired of it.
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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.
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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.
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My weakness is pizza, any form of carbohydrate. I like junk carbohydrates, I like cheap greasy cheeseburgers, quality french fries.
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I wish that I could write. I think that's a wonderful outlet for an artist. You are ultimately in control. Your fate is not determined by outside influences. You can write wherever you are. I don't think I have the talent.
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I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes.
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This has been a wonderful life, absolutely terrific. There are very few things that I would go back and do differently, if I had that control.
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I still feel as if I weren't a good enough mother. I didn't break any rules. I didn't cause my son any pain. But I did bring to my life some of my father, who was very controlling and very remote. I was working a lot. I wasn't there enough.
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Both children and adults like me who live with type 1 diabetes need to be mathematicians, physicians, personal trainers, and dietitians all rolled into one.
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I don't think you should ever expect forever in anything, in either platonic friendships or sexual friendships.
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I don't think there's anything quite as dashing as a cop on horseback. To me it's wonderful.
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Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow.
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I wouldn't want to enter into a relationship in which there was this inhibiting factor that said it can never be forever.
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I'm sort of doing a lot of the things now that I never thought I would and that I wished I had done a year or so ago.
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Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.
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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.
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