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Believe me, if I looked good, it's not an accident.

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Nora Ephron
Age: 71 †
Born: 1941
Born: May 19
Died: 2012
Died: June 26
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I have for many years been puzzled by the persistence of Hugh Hefner. Why is he still here?
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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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The odd thing about this form of communication is you're more likely to talk about nothing than something. But I just want to say that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many... somethings. So, thanks.
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When you're attracted to someone, it just means that your subconscious is attracted to their subconscious, subconsciously. So what we think of as fate is just two neuroses knowing that they are a perfect match. - Sleepless in Seattle
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Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.
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[On George W. Bush:] How is it possible that the president is off on vacation and the vice president is, too? Not that it matters that much if the president is on vacation on some level, the president is always on vacation.
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When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.
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I know that I am essentially a sort of fun-loving person who really just wants to sit around and eat pies.
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You're born, you die. Everything in between is subject to interpretation.
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The Wonderbra is not a step forward for women. Nothing that hurts that much is a step forward for women.
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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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