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Barbie is just a doll.
Don't waste your time on jealousy.
Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.
Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.
Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young.
Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Do not read beauty magazines. They only make you feel ugly.
You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when
Alcohol, contrary to instinct, is not the secret to happiness.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when.
Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.
The Hunger Games' isn't for everybody. But neither is 'Anna Karenina.
'The Hunger Games' isn't for everybody. But neither is 'Anna Karenina.'
Linda Tripp has shown that a true friend is an archivist, a biographer.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.
Families are ecosystems. Each life grows in response to the lives around it
Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.
The first gay person I ever met was surely not the first gay person I ever met.
For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.
Worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.
The soul-sucking activity of TV-watching feels better when it is done with other souls.
The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to find pleasure in imperfection.
The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.
You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.
Do one thing every day that scares you. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Replace the words "have to" with "get to" and watch how the cold rain on your life changes to sunshine.
Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views.
Thanksgiving without tension is like a Thanksgiving without turkey. It can be done, but it is not the norm.
One thing you might want to learn before you attend the world's largest ukulele lesson is how to say ukulele.
TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no tantrums, no videotape
TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no tantrums, no videotape.
Be nice to your siblings. They are your link to the past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft
Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.
Unusual commencement advice: Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to reframe obligation as opportunity. You don't have to spend Thanksgiving with your family. You get to.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out.
When you're thinking, "Why do I have to eat Aunt Sue's casserole with potato chips crumbled on top again?" change that thought to "A couple of bites won't kill me."
In twenty years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous.
Getting out of the house is the secret to staying alert through the droning hours leading up to the big meal, even if you don't go farther than 7-Eleven for another six-pack.
On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to get the job done. Deeper down, we know it's all on loan.
Here's a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You can't anticipate how you'll feel afterward. People will tell you; a few may be close to right, none exactly right.
The Thanksgiving meal should not be treated as a grad school exam or an Olympic dive. Whatever you cook will be good enough - unless you make that Twinkie turkey stuffing we're suddenly hearing too much about.
Books are like blankets, the mere sight of them around the house provides warmth and comfort. They are like mirrors, too, reflecting places I've been, phases I've been through, people I've loved or thought I did.
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.