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> [I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/i-used-to-love-people-for-what-they-could-be-i-thought-love-was-how/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

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## More by Michael Learned

> [If you care about what you do, you don't want to let people down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/if-you-care-about-what-you-do-you-don-t-want-to-let-people-down/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/all-of-us-from-the-waltons-still-love-each-other-i-think-were-closer/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [I don't mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, it's pretty straightforward. If you say, 'I love you,' you mean 'I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/i-don-t-mean-to-insult-television-but-a-lot-of-the-time-it-s-pretty/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [I'm grateful that I have a theater career because television isn't kind to you when you're over forty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/i-m-grateful-that-i-have-a-theater-career-because-television-isn-t/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [I dont mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, its pretty straightforward. If you say, I love you, you mean I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/i-dont-mean-to-insult-television-but-a-lot-of-the-time-its-pretty/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [For a long time, I resisted seeing 'The Sound of Music,' but when I finally did, I cried.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/for-a-long-time-i-resisted-seeing-the-sound-of-music-but-when-i/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [I got married very young and put my career on the back burner for the most part because that's what you did in those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/i-got-married-very-young-and-put-my-career-on-the-back-burner-for-the/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [Nobody can understand the pressures of doing an hour-long TV show unless you've done one. Even when you're not on call, you still are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/nobody-can-understand-the-pressures-of-doing-an-hour-long-tv-show/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/i-used-to-pride-myself-on-the-fact-that-i-kept-a-house-running-and/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [I got married at 17, had three kids by the time I was 24, and have never had much time alone. I never had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/i-got-married-at-17-had-three-kids-by-the-time-i-was-24-and-have/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the 'compassionate mother' or whatever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/i-was-certainly-typecast-for-a-while-on-television-because-i-was/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/i-used-to-love-people-for-what-they-could-be-i-thought-love-was-how/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [All of us from 'The Waltons' still love each other. I think we're closer than some real families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/all-of-us-from-the-waltons-still-love-each-other-i-think-we-re-closer/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [When I was a girl, my grandmother would take me during the holidays to see the windows at Saks and Rockefeller Center.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/when-i-was-a-girl-my-grandmother-would-take-me-during-the-holidays-to/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

> [As an actor, one of my greatest fears is losing my memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-learned/as-an-actor-one-of-my-greatest-fears-is-losing-my-memory/)

[Michael Learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-learned/)

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