A line from one of my 1997 columns – Do one thing every day that scares you – is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I dont believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing. – Mary Schmich
The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them. – Mary Schmich
Heres a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You cant anticipate how youll feel afterward. People will tell you a few may be close to right, none exactly right. – Mary Schmich
You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two peoples maps will be the same. – Mary Schmich
From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned. – Emile Durkheim