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Seize the moment. Remember all...

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart.

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There would have been more 'I ...

There would have been more 'I love you's' and more, 'I'm sorry's'.

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The age of your children is a ...

The age of your children is a key factor in how quickly you are served in a restaurant. We once had a waiter in Canada who said, 'Could I get you your check?' and we answered, 'How about the menu first?'

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If I raised my hand to wipe th...

If I raised my hand to wipe the hair out of my children's eyes, they'd flinch and call their attorney.

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I got so much food spit back i...

I got so much food spit back in my face when my kids were small, I put windshield wipers on my glasses.

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My son did not show signs of a...

My son did not show signs of a money deficiency until he opened his small fist in the nursery and found it was empty.

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I've always been intrigued wit...

I've always been intrigued with the variety of answers this generation will give their children who ask, 'Where did I come from, Mommy?' They will range from 'Number 176 vial in Buffalo, New York,' to 'You were defrosted.'

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For the first two years of a c...

For the first two years of a child's life, we spend every waking hour tryibg to get the child to communicate. Then we spend the rest of our lives trying to figure out how we can reverse the process.

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It was a bitter moment for us....

It was a bitter moment for us. We weren't two mature parents. We were just two kids playing grown-up. We still needed Mommy and Daddy's permission, blessings, and money to survive.

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Cleanliness is not next to god...

Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn't even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.

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Cats invented self-esteem; the...

Cats invented self-esteem; there is not an insecure bone in their body.

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Cats invented self-esteem....

Cats invented self-esteem.

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I never go to a college reunio...

I never go to a college reunion that I don't come away feeling sorry for all those paunchy, balding jocks trying to hang onto youth. I feel sorry for the men, too.

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I don't know why no one ever t...

I don't know why no one ever thought to paste a label on the toilet-tissue spindle giving 1-2-3 directions for replacing the tissue on it. Then everyone in the house would know what Mama knows.

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Everyone is guilty at one time...

Everyone is guilty at one time or another of throwing out questions that beg to be ignored, but mothers seem to have a market on the supply. 'Do you want a spanking or do you want to go to bed?' Don't you want to save some of the pizza for your brother?' Wasn't there any change?

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Humor is a spontaneous, wonder...

Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It's unbridled, its unplanned, it's full of suprises.

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Just think of all those women ...

Just think of all those women on the Titanic who said, 'No thank you' to desert that night. And for what?!

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Housework is a treadmill from ...

Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.

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Grandma told me Mama was once ...

Grandma told me Mama was once caught by the Principal for writing in the front of her book, 'In Case of Fire, Throw This in First.' I have never had so much respect for Mama as the day I heard this.

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Every puppy should have a boy....

Every puppy should have a boy.

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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...

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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...

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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....