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“People have only one way to be.”

Quote by Nora Ephron

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Nora Ephron was an American journalist, screenwriter, playwright, and author. Born on May 19, 1941, and passing away on June 26, 2012, Ephron made significant contributions to the entertainment industry with her witty and insightful storytelling. She is best known for her romantic comedies, which often explore complex themes of love and relationships. more

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“When something like this happens, you suddenly have no sense of reality at all. You have lost a piece of your past. The infidelity itself is small potatoes compared to the low-level brain damage that results when a whole chunk of your life turns out to have been completely different from what you thought it was. It becomes impossible to look back at anything that's happened ... without wondering what was really going on.”

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Book:Heartburn

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“Working as a journalist is exactly like being a wallflower at an orgy.”

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“You're born, you die. Everything in between is subject to interpretation.”

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“Look at the parts the Oscar-nominated actresses played this year: hooker, hooker, hooker, hooker, and nun.”

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“Food became, for dinner parties in the sixties, what abstract expressionism had been in the fifties.”

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Book:Wallflower at the Orgy

Source: Wallflower at the Orgy

“[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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“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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Author:Nora Ephron

“The last four years of psychoanalysis are a waste of money.”

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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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“One of the things people always say to you if you get upset is, don't take it personally, but listen hard to what's going on and, please, I beg you, take it personally. Understand: every attack on Hillary Clinton for not knowing her place is an attack on you. Underneath almost all those attacks are the words: get back, get back to where you once belonged.”

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Author:Nora Ephron