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  • Mary Quant is my favourite fashion designer. -- Vidal Sassoon
  • It is impossible to save one's soul without devotion to Mary and without her protection. -- Anselm of Canterbury
  • Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind. -- Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • The crown is not my right, and pleaseth me not. The Lady Mary is the rightful heir. -- Jane Grey
  • I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up. -- Anita Diament
  • Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence. -- Saint Francis de Sales
  • In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear. -- Therese of Lisieux
  • I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. -- Tanith Lee
  • The Virgin Mary, being obedient to his word, received from an angel the glad tidings that she would bear God. -- Irenaeus of Lyons
  • If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother. -- Maximilian Kolbe
  • As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary. -- Thomas Aquinas
  • Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary. -- Bonaventure
  • No matter how sinful one may have been, if he has devotion to Mary, it is impossible that he be lost. -- Hilary of Poitiers
  • Mary seeks for those who approach her devoutly and with reverence, for such she loves, nourishes, and adopts as her children. -- Bonaventure
  • Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children. -- John Vianney
  • I wasn't raised Catholic; I just really like the image of a neutral and benign Mary floating around somewhere, being nice to people. -- Moby
  • After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His Mother Mary. -- Alphonsus Liguori
  • I love inspirational R&B, like Mary J. Blige and Jennifer Hudson. I want to do that. That kind of music stays with you. -- Ashthon Jones
  • I love Opening Ceremony, Kenzo - anything Humberto Leon and Carol Lim touch. I drool over Christopher Kane, Mary Katrantzou, Delpozo, and Wes Gordon. -- Gillian Jacobs
  • When you see the storm coming, if you seek safety in that firm refuge which is Mary, there will be no danger of your wavering or going down. -- Josemaria Escriva
  • My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never. -- Jack Benny
  • My loving sister Mary has always shared the pain and pleasure of my heartbeat in a unique and special way. We have sung our sad and warm songs together. -- John Henrik Clarke
  • I think that 'Mary Poppins' needs a subtle reader, in many respects, to grasp all its implications, and I understand that these cannot be translated in terms of the film. -- P. L. Travers
  • Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much love for us, Our Lord ordained that no one shall obtain salvation except through her intercession. -- Alphonsus Liguori
  • The world being unworthy to receive the Son of God directly from the hands of the Father, he gave his Son to Mary for the world to receive him from her. -- Saint Augustine
  • I think if I'm 40 and I don't have any kids and I'm not married, I would have a baby artificially inseminated. I would feel like Mary - like Jesus is my baby. -- Kim Kardashian
  • A church without women would be like the apostolic college without Mary. The Madonna is more important than the apostles, and the church herself is feminine, the spouse of Christ and a mother. -- Pope Francis
  • O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Will that she should help in every kind of necessity. -- Saint Basil
  • I never said I was an angel. Nor am I innocent or holy like the Virgin Mary. What I am is natural and serious and as sensitive as an open nerve on an ice cube. -- Sister Souljah
  • When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary. -- Olympia Dukakis
  • Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them, and Mary herself could never look through them again to tell Laura what she was thinking without saying a word. -- Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • May Mary, who in the freedom of her 'Fiat' and her presence at the foot of the cross, offered to the world, Jesus, the Liberator, help us to find him in the Sacrament of the altar -- Pope John Paul II
  • Mary Tyler Moore was a working woman whose story lines were not always about dating and men. They were about work friendships and relationships, which is what I feel my adult life has mostly been about. -- Tina Fey
  • Of the modern critics, although I disagree with almost everything she says, I admire Mary McCarthy's eloquence and social observation in 'Sights and Spectacles'; she thinks in print, but she doesn't have a real feel for the stage. -- John Lahr
  • Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children. -- St. Jerome
  • All the sins of your life seem to be rising up against you. Don't give up hope! On the contrary, call your holy mother Mary, with the faith and abandonment of a child. She will bring peace to your soul. -- Josemaria Escriva
  • If you ever feel distressed during your day - call upon our Lady - just say this simple prayer: 'Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.' I must admit - this prayer has never failed me. -- Mother Teresa
  • That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do it. -- Marian McPartland
  • I had played the Virgin Mary in 'Jesus of Nazareth,' and I had done 'Juliet' at the age of 15. People said, 'Where do you go from playing Juliet and the Virgin Mary?' And I said, 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta.' -- Olivia Hussey
  • A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babies, or perhaps not even born, Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie left their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. -- Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Mary, give me your Heart: so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate; your Heart so full of love and humility that I may be able to receive Jesus in the Bread of Life and love Him as you love Him and serve Him in the distressing guise of the poor. -- Mother Teresa
  • Mistress Mary Quite Contrary -- Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Dead men tell no tales, Mary. -- Daphne du Maurier
  • Mary Poppins is magical and fun. -- Julie Andrews
  • I hate being good. -Mary Poppins -- P. L. Travers
  • Mary is the lily in God's garden. -- Bridget of Sweden
  • Mary is more important than the apostles. -- Pope Francis
  • Mary's role is to make Her Son Shine -- Pope John Paul II
  • A true servant of Mary cannot be lost. -- Alphonsus Liguori
  • Mary prays the rosary for my broken mind... -- Lana Del Rey
  • We need to support Mary Burke for Governor! -- Michelle Obama
  • I didn't have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius. -- Christopher Durang
  • Trunk steady knocking/ Floating through the sky, Mary Poppins. -- Riff Raff
  • Mary is the Mysterious Book of Predestination to glory. -- Frances Xavier Cabrini
  • I ain't Mary, so ain't a damn thing Poppin'. -- Xzibit
  • Jesus took His flesh from the flesh of Mary -- Saint Augustine
  • Through Mary, we come to her Son more easily. -- Pope John Paul II
  • I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore. -- Iris Murdoch
  • Dear Mary: We all knew you had it in you. -- Dorothy Parker
  • I'd like to collaborate with Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige. -- Robin Thicke
  • 'Mary Poppins' was one of the best experiences of my life. -- Dick Van Dyke
  • My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. -- Lou Holtz
  • And she is your holy Mary. And I am so ordinary. -- Paula Cole
  • Sometimes you need coffee, and sometimes you need a Bloody Mary. -- Mike Dirnt
  • Well, it's a Bloody Mary morning, my baby left without warning. -- Willie Nelson
  • Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how. -- Jane Austen
  • Mary frowned. A vampire doctor. Talk about exploring your alternative therapies. -- J.R. Ward
  • I think they probably got it on, Jesus and Mary Magdalene. -- Madonna Ciccone
  • Might I," quavered Mary, "might I have a bit of earth? -- Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Mary Poppins' was one of the best experiences of my life. -- Dick Van Dyke
  • To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come. -- Bernard of Clairvaux
  • 'Mary Tyler Moore' was - it was my first big hit. -- Betty White
  • Time for the likeliest story since Mary told Joseph it was God's. -- Val McDermid
  • If I had been the Virgin Mary, I would have said "No." -- Margaret Smith
  • Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus -- Mother Teresa
  • My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady. -- Kevin Whately
  • There are more stakes [in Mary and Jane], which is always good. -- Deborah Kaplan
  • Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I was going to squirt tears. How unprofessional. -- Jeaniene Frost
  • I'm sitting on the stile. Mary, Where we sat side by side. -- Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
  • Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu, how good to see you Richard Parker! -- Yann Martel
  • Jesus is the sun and Mary is the dawn announcing his rising. -- Pope Francis
  • O Mary, you give assistance to everyone endeavoring to rise to God! -- Bridget of Sweden
  • After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell. -- Antonia Fraser
  • What Marie Antoinette was to eighteenth-century France, Mary Pickford is to twentieth-century America. -- Frank Crowninshield
  • Mary was not only holy. She was also the mother of the Lord. -- Martin Luther
  • Big voice, big heart - Mary Ellen Wessels is a pleasure to hear. -- Fred Small
  • No, he can never be lost who recommends himself to thee, O Mary. -- Alphonsus Liguori
  • If I had been the Virgin Mary, I would have said 'No.' -- Margaret Smith
  • Our Mother Mary is full of beauty because she is full of grace. -- Pope Francis
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  • The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff. -- Anita Diament
  • You'll never meet a nicer person, let alone a nicer actress, than Mary Steenburgen. -- Jon Turteltaub
  • Mary's mouth cost her nothing for she never opens it but at others' expense. -- Benjamin Franklin
  • Mary's greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself. -- Pope Benedict XVI
  • Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special. -- Antonia Fraser
  • Mary Joe Fernandez rarely has a bad loss. She never tries for stupid shots. -- Tracy Austin
  • In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary. -- Lech Walesa
  • The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers! -- Bill Shankly
  • The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart -- Martin Luther
  • Mary Gauthier's great. Yeah, we've played a lot of gigs together. She's really wonderful. -- Guy Clark
  • Mary [Tyler Moore] was absolutely brilliantShe is a fabulous actress. She can do anything. -- Gavin MacLeod
  • Mary Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart. I love her books. -- Carolyn Hart
  • I love Mary Poppins - when I was little I was obsessed with it. -- Willa Holland
  • I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige. -- Estelle
  • In school nativity plays I was always the bloody little donkey, I was never Mary. -- Geri Halliwell
  • Adams had gone to Harvard, Jefferson to William and Mary. Washington had gone to war. -- Joseph J. Ellis
  • I caught the preacher making love to Sister Mary Lou. God's gonna getcha for that. -- Tammy Wynette
  • I'm not Catholic but the Virgin Mary fascinates me because she's like a folk hero. -- Moby
  • Mary's life shows that God accomplishes great deeds through those who are the most humble. -- Pope Francis
  • It's the oddest match: Mary J. Blige and Julianne Hough! But we became so close. -- Julianne Hough
  • Love of Mary and devotion to her are a sure sign of obtaining eternal salvation. -- Bernard of Clairvaux
  • I knew a transsexual guy whose only ambition is to eat, drink, and be Mary. -- George Carlin
  • O how long ago the earth would have been destroyed, if Mary had not interposed! -- Fulgentius of Cartagena
  • Mescalin opens up the way of Mary, but shuts the door on that of Martha. -- Aldous Huxley
  • You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is. -- Nastia Liukin
  • Mary had a little lamb, its fleece electrostatic / And everywhere Mary went, the lights became erratic. -- David Foster Wallace
  • Poor Mary Ann! She gave the guy an inch and now he thinks he's a ruler. -- Mae West
  • It is not like every episode [of "Mary and Jane"] people are sitting around getting high. -- Deborah Kaplan
  • What a joy Mary Jo Putney is to read; she can't write fast enough for me. -- Laura Kinsale
  • To recite the Rosary is nothing other than to contemplate the face of Christ with Mary. -- Pope John Paul II
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