Eat every meal as if it's your last; when the last one comes, you probably won't be very hungry.

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Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

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Insane people are always sure they're just fine. It's only the sane people who are willing to admit they're crazy.

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Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don't take it off until you're thirty-four.

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I look as young as a person can look given how old I am.

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And then the dreams break into a million tiny pieces. The dream dies. Which leaves you with a choice: you can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream.

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You can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream.

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I have always thought it was a terrible shame that the women's movement didn't realise how much easier it was to reach people by making them laugh than by shaking a fist and saying, 'Don't you see how oppressed you are.

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Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape.

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And don't be frightened: you can always change your mind. I know: I've had four careers and three husbands.

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