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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I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.

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Parenting meant that whether or not your children understood you, your obligation was to understand them.

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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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When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.

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You do get to a certain point in life where you have to realistically, I think, understand that the days are getting shorter, and you can't put things off thinking you'll get to them someday. If you really want to do them, you better do them. There are simply too many people getting sick, and sooner or later you will. So I'm very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it.

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When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.

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Take notes. Everything is copy.

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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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I'm very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it.

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