"A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face."
"It seems to me that the most fundamental mistake most parents make with children is to expect them to be grateful. Children are never grateful. ... The 'sacrifices' you made were not for them, they were for you."
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Source: Billie Burke, Cameron Shipp (2016). “With Powder on My Nose”, p.37, Pickle Partners Publishing
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