Doris Roberts Quotes

• If someone is mean, harmful, or evil, they're out of my life. I cross them out.

  Doris Roberts

  Mean Girls, Evil, Crosses

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• It's okay to look back, just don't stare.

  Doris Roberts

  Looks, Staring, Okay

  "Actress Doris Roberts on the Emmy Awards and her nomination". Chat, www.cnn.com. September 7, 2000.

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• I don't give in, I don't give up, I don't take no for an answer.

  Doris Roberts

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Giving

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• Everybody's a teacher if you listen.

  Doris Roberts

  Teacher, Teaching, Ifs

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• When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.

  Doris Roberts

  Happiness, Cousin, Laughter

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• I'm learning something all the time. That's the way I want it to go, and that's the way I'll go until I am no longer on this planet.

  Doris Roberts

  Want, Way, Planets

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• I think women are taught to ask permission about everything. We don't realize that we are entitled and we do have a say in our lives.

  Doris Roberts

  Thinking, Taught, Realizing

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• You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one, because I'm not.

  Doris Roberts

  Mind, Call Me, Older Women

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• The minute you're born, you're getting older.

  Doris Roberts

  Getting Older, Born, Minutes

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• You can't show me an ad on TV with hard bodies and say I have to buy that car. You have to tell me why that car is better and safer than another car.

  Doris Roberts

  Car, Tvs, Body

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• Love them for who they are, and what they are they are; they are not you. Good stuff, isn't it? You have to live 73 years to get that.

  Doris Roberts

  Years, Stuff

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• There's no magazine you open, unless its AARP, that shows a woman over the age of 45 in any other light, other than having to buy Depends or Viagra.

  Doris Roberts

  Light, Age, Magazines

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• I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that was her identity. Sad. Those cameras wouldn't leave her alone. She didn't know where to hide.

  Doris Roberts

  Leave Me Alone, Identity, Cameras

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• Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else.

  Doris Roberts

  Lying, Humor, Choices

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• In Puppies Behind Bars, when the puppy is eight weeks old it is given to an inmate. The inmate is responsible for the dog.

  Doris Roberts

  Dog, Eight, Bars

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• My awards are lovely. I love to show them of.

  Doris Roberts

  Awards, Lovely, Shows

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• With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.

  Doris Roberts

  Attitude, Blessing, People

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• When I go, if there's a tombstone it will say, She doesn't give in. She doesn't give up. And she never takes no for an answer.

  Doris Roberts

  Giving Up, Tombstone, Answers

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