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Nora Ephron
Age: 71 †
Born: 1941
Born: May 19
Died: 2012
Died: June 26
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When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.
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Some people pretend to like capers, but the truth is that any dish that tastes good with capers in it tastes even better with capers not in it.
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I’m really not interested in women as victims. Look at me, I get the last laugh ‘cause I get to be funny about it.
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The empty nest is underrated.
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Every so often I would look at my women friends who were happily married and didn't cook, and I would always find myself wondering how they did it. Would anyone love me if I couldn't cook? I always thought cooking was part of the package: Step right up, it's Rachel Samstat, she's bright, she's funny and she can cook!
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I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are.
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Insane people are always sure they're just fine. It's only the sane people who are willing to admit they're crazy.
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One of the great things about movies is that it's just that short period of time. It's a bubble. The last thing you want to know is that Elizabeth and Darcy had a fight over how to treat the servants!
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Believe me, if I looked good, it's not an accident.
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Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own.
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I was just taking her hand to help her out of a car and I knew. It was like... magic.
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Having been married so many times, I know that one of the few things I am an expert in is falling in love.
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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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And don't be frightened: you can always change your mind. I know: I've had four careers and three husbands.
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No one is more romantic than a cynic. I do think that you don't become cynical or 'unsentimental' unless there's a core of romanticism or sentiment that's had a few chips nicked into it.
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What failure ofimagination had caused me to forget that life was full of other possiblities, including the possibility that eventually I would fall in love again?
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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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The Wonderbra is not a step forward for women. Nothing that hurts that much is a step forward for women.
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No man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her. Sex is always out there. Friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story.
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Getting older means you don't have to shave your legs anymore.
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