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Valerie Harper Quotes

Total quotes: 12
“Mary, I came to Minneapolis because of the cold. I figured if I was frozen I'd keep better.”
— Rhoda Morgenstern, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Season 2: He's No Heavy . . . He's My Brother
Tagged: minneapolis, Cold Weather, Aging
“Rhoda: My father's short.

Mary: See, it didn't bother your mother did it?

Rhoda: Bother her? She made him that way.”
— Rhoda Morgenstern, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Season 1: Toulousse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists
Tagged: short, mother, overbearing
“Mary: At our age, having your tonsils out can be dangerous.

Rhoda: At our age, having your hair done can be dangerous.”
— Rhoda Morgenstern, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Season 1: Hi!
Tagged: Age, danger, Tonsils
“You're talking about Midwestern love. I'm talking about Bronx love. There's a certain amount of guilt that goes with that. My mother wants the people she loves to feel guilty.”
— Rhoda Morgenstern, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Season 1: Support Your Local Mother
Tagged: Midweast, Bronx, Love, Guilt
“There are no men friends when you're thirty. They're either fiances or rejects.”
— Rhoda Morgenstern, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Season 1: Toulousse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists
Tagged: Friends, Thirtysomething, Fiance, Reject
“How d'ya like that? I flunked a sexual IQ test and passed a national driver's test...and Mary, I'm a lousy driver!”
— Rhoda Morgenstern, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Season 2: The Birds . . . and . . . um . . . Bees
Tagged: sexual IQ, Driver's Test
“[after a date with Hal Baxter] I made the mistake of asking him which was his bad side. You know, we looked for it for ten minutes. We couldn't find it. We found mine right away, though. It's the front.”
— Rhoda Morgenstern, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Season 2: Cover Boy
Tagged: bad side, ugly
“I was five years old before I knew my father could talk. You know the first thing he said? 'Listen to your mother.'”
— Rhoda Morgenstern, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Season 1: Support Your Local Mother
Tagged: Cuckold, Submissive Male, mother
“Mary: He had his arm around her and everything was very cozy. Then he saw us, he pushed her away and started treating her like a stranger.

Rhoda: I know that feeling. I once had a date do that to me when I ordered steak.”
— Rhoda Morgenstern, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Season 2: Ted Over Heels
Tagged: Cozy, Stranger, Steak, Cheap
“Life insurance, huh? I still haven't met a beneficiary.”
— Rhoda Morgenstern, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Season 1: Keep Your Guard Up
Tagged: Life Insurance, Beneficiary, Spinster
“Ida: As a matter of fact, I'm not wearing a bra.

Rhoda: Ma! Go upstairs and put some clothes on!

Ida: What's the matter, you can't handle somebody who's a little 'with it?'

Rhoda: You're not with it. You're without it. Now go upstairs and get it.”
— Rhoda Morgenstern, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Season 2: A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend
Tagged: Bras, With it
“[During the first season opening credits] "My name is Rhoda Morgenstern. I was born in the Bronx, New York in December, 1941. I've always felt responsible for World War II. The first thing I remember liking that liked me back was food. I had a bad puberty; it lasted 17 years. I'm a high school graduate. I went to art school. My entrance exam was on a book of matches. I decided to move out of the house when I was 24; my mother still refers to this as the time I ran away from home. Eventually I ran to Minneapolis, where it's cold, and I figured I'd keep better. Now I'm back in Manhattan. New York, this is your last chance!”
— Rhoda Morgenstern, Rhoda, Season 1: JOE
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