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I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into

I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into her girdle – a piece of equipment so rigid it could stand up on its own – and I remember her coming home from fancy parties and racing upstairs to extricate herself from its cruel iron grip. – Susan Orlean

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My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for remembering birthdays. I worked at it. Whenever I made a new friend, I made a point of finding out his or her birthday early on, and I would record it in my Filofax calendar. – Susan Orlean

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Every corny thing thats said about living with nature – being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons – happens to be true. – Susan Orlean

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I have no idea how to get in touch with anyone anymore. Everyone, it seems, has a home phone, a cell phone, a regular e-mail account, a Facebook account, a Twitter account, and a Web site. Some of them also have a Google Voice number. There are the sentimental few who still have fax machines. – Susan Orlean

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The best thing for me is, when Im not working, is to be at home and to have a script or two scripts is better, and to be just walking around the house and just thinking about the lines. – Christopher Walken

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Christmas… is not an external event at all, but a piece of ones home that one carries in ones heart. – Freya Stark

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At home its all Batman and Star Wars and they do gang up on me. Sometimes I dont want to dress up as Darth Vader or play train sets, so Ill go out for a drink with the girls. – Sadie Frost

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