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Getting sober was the single bravest thing I've ever done and will ever do in my life.
Jamie Lee Curtis
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Jamie Lee Curtis
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: November 22
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I recommend it to all people: Get down on the floor and look at the world from where the child looks at it.
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With short hair you have to get a haircut every two or three weeks. And if you're coloring your hair, you have to color it that often. Every time I did it, I felt fraudulent.
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For years I stopped reading beauty magazines because I couldn't look at one without wanting to blow my brains out. How can those women look so good?
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I'm a layperson. I barely got out of high school. I have no business telling people what to do or my big philosophy on life. I'm certainly not going to write any sort of memoir.
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So, am I friendly with my daughter and her friends? Yes. Am I their friend? No. Does she shut the door? Yes, and I very much support the shut door.
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We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It is not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life for this child.
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All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.
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I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.
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