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I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.
Nora Ephron
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Nora Ephron
Age: 71 †
Born: 1941
Born: May 19
Died: 2012
Died: June 26
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in a socialist country you can get rich by providing necessities, while in a capitalist country you can get rich by providing luxuries.
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Women are being considered as candidates for vice-president of the United States because it is the worst job in America. It's amazing that men will take it. A job with real power is first lady. I'd be willing to run for that. As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even people I would date.
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What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don't know. It is a great mystery to all of us.
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That's your problem! You don't want to be in love. You want to be in love in a movie.
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American society has a remarkable ability to resist change, or to take whatever change has taken place and attempt to make it go away.
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If you're looking for monogamy, you'd better marry a swan.
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You can't call yourself a feminist if you don't believe in the right to abortion.
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