Mary Tyler Moore Dies
The comedic actress has passed away at the age of 80. GettyImages

Mary Tyler Moore has died at the age of 80. Confirmation of her death came via her publicist. "Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S. Robert Levine," Mara Buxbaum told ABC News. "A groundbreaking actress, producer, and passionate advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Mary will be remembered as a fearless visionary who turned the world on with her smile."

Remember the iconic comedic actress with her best quotes:

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

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

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

4. “I knew at a very early age what I wanted to do. Some people refer to it as indulging in my instincts and artistic bent. I call it just showing off, which was what I did from about three years of age on.”

5. “My grandfather once said, having watched me one entire afternoon, prancing and leaping and cavorting, ‘This child will either end up on stage or in jail.’ Fortunately, I took the easy route.”

6. “[The Mary Tyler Moore Show] was written honestly. There was never any manufactured laugh. There was never compromising of character.”

7. “”Whatever it is, it’s OK because it’s what it is. Don’t be looking for perfection. Don’t be short-tempered with yourself. And you’ll be a whole lot nicer to be around with everyone else.”

8. “I’m not an actress who can create a character. I play me.”

9. “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.”

10. "I was the audience. I was the voice of sanity around whom all these crazies did their dance. And I reacted in the same way that a member of the audience would have reacted."

11. "I'm an experienced woman; I've been around ... well, alright, I might not've been around, but I've been ... nearby."

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

13. "Having a dream is what keeps you alive."

14. "Dick called and said, 'I'm going to do a special called Dick Van Dyke and The Other Woman, that would be you, because every time I try to check into a hotel with my wife, they look at me as though I'm cheating on Laura.'"

15. "Grant once said, 'I never heard Mary complain about the diabetes during our marriage.' He meant that as praise for my ability to be strong, but I think now that that statement is evidence of what was wrong with us. We never shared our fears or showed any kind of weakness. And the fear of revealing too much was always there."

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