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Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of...

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A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attrib...

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I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energ...

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You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.

The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty...

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Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97:Wear sunscreen.If I could offer you only one tip for the fu...

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Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, and don't put up with people that are reckless with yo...

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Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostal...

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Wear Sunscreen: A Primer for Real Life

Advice is a form of Nostalgia

Wear Sunscreen: A Primer for Real Life

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Mary Schmich

Journalist

Born: 1953-11-29

Died: N/A

Mary Theresa Schmich (born November 29, 1953) is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Her June 1, 1997 column, commonly referred to as "Wear sunscreen", was widely attributed on the Internet to a Kurt Vonnegut commencement address at M.I.T. It was later published as a book and released as a popular recording.More

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