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As much as the Pulitzer is the hallmark of journalism, I think what I love the most is when somebody says they took my column and it's in their wallet. I have had people open their wallet and show me a corner of a column.

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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
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Even if you have nothing in your wallet, nothing can keep you from having a great summer. You can listen to crickets sing you to sleep, trace the Big Dipper, breathe in the stars, run through a sprinkler, host a cartwheel contest in the front yard.
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Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.
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Frame every so-called disaster with these words: In five years, will this matter?
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When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
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We need to be smarter than our smart phones and realize the people we are with are more important than the people we aren't with, and way more important than the strangers we hope will tweet and like and share and Instagram whatever we're sending out into the cybersphere.
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If you're lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.
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It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
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There's so much living to be squeeze into the cracks of one little day. You can make someone laugh, smile, hope, sing, think.
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Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
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When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
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Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.
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Choas will come, calm will follow, and then it will start up all over again. The secret is to savor the ride.
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Bakers get excited over aprons. I love the soft cotton ones with pockets like my gramma and mom wore. They always kept a hankie tucked in one pocket, which wasn't sanitary, but was comforting to the child who needed a tear or nose wiped.
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Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
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Cancer is messy and scary. You throw everything at it, but don't forget to throw love at it. It turns out that might be the best weapon of all.
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Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day.
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Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
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We want someone else to act. But miracles aren't what other people do. They're what each of us does. They're what happens when ordinary people take extraordinary action. To be a miracle doesn't mean you have to tackle problems across the globe. It means making a difference in your own living room, cubicle, neighborhood, community.
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Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.
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Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
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