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“My dad (has always been) a lot closer to me in spirit than any of my friends’ parents. I remember him setting up these giant speakers on the tennis court and skateboarding to music while I tried to keep up
with him on my tricycle. He just had this way of enjoying moments to their fullest.”
-actress Bridget Fonda, on father, Peter
“I think a lot of stress comes from trying to work on relationships. I’m not seeing anyone right now so I’m pretty stress-free.”
-actress Heather Locklear
“Whether it’s true or not, I think my acting is better (now) because there is not only character in my face but within my head.”
-actress Farrah Fawcett, 47
“He is actually very intelligent and competent. But 90 percent of the people in this country think he has the IQ of (a) melon. And when 90 percent of your country thinks that you are by nature a very stupid person, I don’t think you have much of a future in politics.”
-Republican speech writer Peggy Noonan, on Dan Quayle’s presidential prospects
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“(Age) 50 felt like leaving a much-loved and familiar country-hence both the defiance and sadness-but 60 feels like arriving at the border of a new one. I’m looking forward to trading moderation for excess, defiance for openness and planning for the unknown.”
-from “Moving Beyond Words,” by Gloria Steinem (Simon & Schuster, $23)
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“It’s so big that Mike Nichols is changing his name to Dollars.”
-Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown, on Diane Sawyer’s reported $7 million contract with ABC