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33 quotes by Tyne Daly

Ellen Tyne Daly (born February 21, 1946) is an American stage and screen actress. She has won six Emmy Awards for her television work, a Tony Award and is a 2011 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee. Daly began her career on stage in summer stock in New York and made her Broadway debut in the play That Summer - That Fall in 1967. She is best known for her television role as Detective Mary Beth Lacey in Cagney & Lacey (1982-1988), for which...
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I think the 20s are a vastly overrated decade. We promise kids that once they get out of school, life will begin and their dreams will come true. But... →

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Sweat makes good friendship cement.

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A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwards comes out shooting the wounded.

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You know, my hair is very upsetting to people, but it's upsetting on purpose. It is important to look old so that the young will not be afraid of... →

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I went into the family business. To me, it was the norm and not the exception.

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Love is as strict as acting. If you want to love somebody, stand there and do it. If you don't, don't. There are no other choices.

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Women are usually only interesting to studio executives when they are fecund, between the ages of 15 and 30. I decided to get through the really... →

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I don't have a waist: I'm a breadbox on top of legs.

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I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get out of the profession, rather than... →

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I don't take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people put as much thought into messaging as they used... →

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I never played the 'decoration,' I always played the one who suffered. And then I got very lucky in my middle career, when I started playing... →

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When I got married, my marriage was illegal in 17 states because my husband had a different skin color than I did. And we saw those laws go down one... →

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I'm sorry I didn't wear paint this morning. I tend not to wear it unless I'm getting highly paid.

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