Valerie Harper Quotations

We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.

I'm trying to live every moment as much as I can.

I really want Americans, and all of us, to be less afraid of death, and know that it's a passage, but that - don't go to the funeral before the day of the funeral.

Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit will probably not win an Academy Award, but if you put it first on your list, it will become a nominee.

I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn't a star, just an actress. Forget it. I'm a star. I wanted it. I worked for it. I got it.

We're all terminal; none of us are getting out of this alive.

Golda was born in 1898. Her life parallels the life of the Jewish people in the 20th century. The text is beautiful. It gives enough history so that non-Jews can follow it.

SAG elections are going to be squeaky clean from now on, ... Win or lose, I feel this is a huge win.

You see her extreme ... pain about leaving her family for work, her husband wanting her to be Sadie, Sadie, married lady, and her wanting to go to work for the Party and the state. You have to admire the fact that she made a stand for what she needed to do as a human being, and just the degree of service out there.

It's lonely not to have other actors to go with you on the journey.

I'm painfully middle class. I'm very much a retail buyer.

In a one-woman show, there must be compelling material that you adore. In both of these there are conversations with you and another character. My Second City (improvisation) background comes in very handy for accent and body posture.

I heard that someone asked Mother Teresa what was most important in her work. I thought she'd say the Rosary but she said, 'My nuns and I take very good care of ourselves so we can tend to the lepers and do whatever we need to assist.' If you're strong, or at least not hurting, you can inspire others.

Dessert doesn't count if you eat under an assumed identity.

I'm painfully middle class.

Don’t go to the funeral until the day of the funeral - live this day,

Life is amazing. Live it to the fullest. Stay as long as you can.

Don't miss your life.

When I was younger I'd berate myself: You're fat, you're not a good dancer, you'll never have a boyfriend. I don't sweat that kind of stuff anymore. Now every day is a miracle. I've also learned that if something is painful or upsetting, you shouldn't hide from it. You should make it part of your life instead.

Be grateful for each moment we have and be happy, but more than anything live it fully.

I don’t think of dying, I think of being here now.

However motherhood comes to you, it's a miracle.