The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977)
Mary Tyler Moore: Mary Richards
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Quotes
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Lou Grant : You know, Mary, you've got spunk.
Mary Richards : Why, thank you, Mr. Grant.
Lou Grant : I hate spunk.
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Mary Richards : Oh Rhoda, chocolate doesn't solve anything.
Rhoda Morgenstern : No Mare, cottage cheese solves nothing; chocolate can do it all!
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Mary Richards : Well, what's the cut-off point Mr. Grant? I mean, is... is there some number? You know, I'd really like to know. How many men is a woman allowed to have before she becomes *that* sort of woman?
Lou Grant : Six.
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Mary Richards : I'm an experienced woman. I've been around... Well, all right, I might not've been around, but I've been... nearby.
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Sue Ann Nivens : Mary, you've been in my bedroom before, haven't you?
Mary Richards : [looking around in amazement] Oh, no! I would've remembered this!
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Mary Richards : Mr. Grant? Could I say what I wanted to say now? Please?
Lou Grant : Okay, Mary.
Mary Richards : Well I just wanted to let you know that sometimes I get concerned about being a career woman. I get to thinking that my job is too important to me. And I tell myself that the people I work with are just the people I work with. But last night I thought what is family anyway? It's the people who make you feel less alone and really loved.
[she sobs]
Mary Richards : And that's what you've done for me. Thank you for beginning MY family.
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Mary Richards : Ted, do you trust me?
Ted Baxter : Well, sure I do.
Mary Richards : Okay, take off your left shoe.
[Ted does so]
Mary Richards : Now take off your left sock.
Ted Baxter : Mary...
Mary Richards : Do you trust me, Ted?
Ted Baxter : Sure.
Mary Richards : Take off your left sock.
[Ted does so]
Mary Richards : Now, the next time I'm talking to someone and you think of a comment you just have to add to the conversation, I want you to take that sock, and stuff it down your throat.
Ted Baxter : What about the shoe?
[Mary gives a look as if to say "don't tempt me."]
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[there is a party at Mary's. Mary has suggested playing a game where one person says a word and the next person thinks of a word that begins with the last letter of the word they heard]
Lou Grant : Does this game go on forever or does it have an end?
Mary Richards : It ends when a person can't think of a word.
Lou Grant : Oh, I'll start. (Lou turns to Ted Baxter.) Box! (Ted cannot think of a word and says nothing.) Game's over.
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Mary Richards : If it weren't for the rotten things that happen in this world we couldn't put on the news show. We should be grateful to all the people who do those rotten things. We should stop them in the streets and say, "Thank you Mr. Mugger, thank you Mr. Thief, thank you Mr. Maniac."
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Mary Richards : [eating dinner] This is delicious, Georgette. I love it.
Georgette Franklin Baxter : Thank you, Mary.
Ted Baxter : [stuffing his face] I love it, too, Georgette. And I love you. Will you marry me?
Mary Richards : Ted, you just proposed through a mouthful of creamed onions!
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Lou Grant : Mary, I don't want you to take this wrong, but you're a jerk.
Mary Richards : How could I possibly take that wrong?
