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I've never vied for power in t...

I've never vied for power in the family before. Pointing a box at the garage door and saying 'Open!' was never a big deal, but holding that television tuner and realizing I alone control what is flashed on the screen brings out the Iacocca in me.

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Myths that need clarification:...

Myths that need clarification: 'Everyone in California lives on a white, sandy beach.' False. The only people who live on California beaches are vacationers from Arizona, Utah, and Nevada who own condos.

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When it comes to cooking, five...

When it comes to cooking, five years ago I felt guilty 'just adding water.' Now I want to bang the tube against the countertop and have a five-course meal pop out. If it comes with plastic silverware and a plate that self-destructs, all the better.

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We wondered why when a child l...

We wondered why when a child laughed, he belonged to Daddy, and when he had a sagging diaper that smelled like a landfill, 'He wants his mother.'

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Most children's first words ar...

Most children's first words are 'Mama' or 'Daddy.' Mine were, 'Do I have to use my own money?'

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You show me a boy who brings a...

You show me a boy who brings a snake home to his mother and I'll show you an orphan.

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I've always felt there are two...

I've always felt there are two things a woman should never do after the age of thirty-five: stand in natural light and have a baby...

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Friends are 'annuals' that n...

Friends are 'annuals' that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a 'perennial' that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There's a place in the garden for both of them.

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Maybe age is kinder to us than...

Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can't see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.

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Families aren't easy to join. ...

Families aren't easy to join. They're like an exclusive country club where membership makes impossible demands and the dues for an outsider are exorbitant.

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Everyone I talked to was a rec...

Everyone I talked to was a recording-the bank, the elevator, your office, the school, a wrong number. You used to be able to call a wrong number and get a person.

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Myths that need clarification:...

Myths that need clarification: 'No matter how many times you see the Grand canyon, you are still emotionally moved to tears.' False. It depends on how many children the out-of-towners brought with them who kicked the back of your seat from Phoenix to Flagstaff and got their gum caught in your hair.

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Cleanliness is not next to god...

Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn't even in the same neighborhood.

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No one ever died from sleeping...

No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.

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My sister and I never engaged ...

My sister and I never engaged in sibling rivalry. Our parents weren't that crazy about either one of us.

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I didn't fight my way to the t...

I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.

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I'm going to stop punishing my...

I'm going to stop punishing my children by saying, 'Never mind! I'll do it myself.

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Someday, when my children are ...

Someday, when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother, I'll tell them: I loved you enough to bug you about where you were going, with whom and what time you would get home. ... I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover your friend was a creep. I loved you enough to make you return a Milky Way with a bite out of it to a drugstore and confess, 'I stole this.' ... But most of all I loved you enough to say no when you hated me for it. That was the hardest part of all.

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I was trampled to death by a m...

I was trampled to death by a man who believed his luggage would be the first piece off. If he were an experienced traveler, he would know that the first piece of luggage belongs to no one. It's just a dummy suitcase to give everyone hope.

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A child needs your love most w...

A child needs your love most when he deserves it least

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....