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I'm an experienced woman; I've been around ... Well, all right, I might not've been around, but I've been ... nearby.

Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they're just such a jolt to the system.

Interestingly that some of the characters did not turn out the way Jim and Allen had envisioned them.

I can't eat pure sugar. I can't have candy.

I've always been independent. I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes.

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers

I still feel as if I weren't a good enough mother. I didn't break any rules.

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.

Maybe mom is my alter ego and the woman I'm able to be when I'm working.

Three things have helped me successfully go through the ordeals of life
an understanding husband, a good analyst and millions of dollars.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

The only leading man I ever had a crush on was James Garner.

I don't know how to do the other, so I won't even consider television until the audience's taste changes.

I live in New York simply because I don't know any better. I moved there when the show went off the air a couple of years after that.

Worrying is a necessary part of life.

I've had the fame and the joy of getting laughter - those are gifts.

Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story.

I do watch a lot of Fox News. I like Charles Krauthammer and Bill O'Reilly.

Lou Grant was pretty much always Lou Grant.

You truly have to make the very best of what you've got. We all do.

No candy bars unless I've had a low blood sugar where I'm shaky.

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.

Diets are for those who are thick and tired of it.

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

It was Grant's company and he made all the decisions. And that was just fine.

There's one beneficial effect of going to Moscow. You come home waving the American flag with all your might.

Chronic disease like a troublesome relative is something you can learn to manage but never quite escape.