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I was scared to say I was in my 40s because at that point, it sounded really old, and to out myself as a middle-aged human - I felt very awkward about it.
Pamela Druckerman
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There's this idea in America that you can be whatever you want. That remains an ideal in terms of how you dress too - when you go shopping, you try on all possible selves and then decide.
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There's an American idea that you want to look as young as you can for as long as you can. If you can be mistaken for a teenager from behind into your 50s, then you've won; you've succeeded.
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I'm speaking in very broad brushstrokes, but in France, there's generally this idea that you should look like the best version of the age that you are.
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In my 40s, I expect to finally reap the average-looking girl's revenge. I've entered the stage of life where you don't need to be beautiful; simply by being well-preserved and not obese, I would now pass for pretty.
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Certain woman will be jealous of how skinny you are, no matter what's causing it.
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In your 40s, you kind of know how things are likely to go, and you're better at saying, 'You know what? That just doesn't suit me...' I remember thinking in my 30s, 'I should go to Burning Man. I could be a Burning Man person.' And in my 40s, I'm like, 'You know what? I'm never going to go to Burning Man.'
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Just do what you want more often. Don't be so worried about what other people expect.
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I think, in writing a memoir, you kind of give order to your life.
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When I was 41, I had a very bad back pain, and it turned out to be Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Although I wrote a book about infidelity around the world, I ended up concluding that fidelity is quite a good idea.
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The question on my husband's birthday is always, What do you get for the man who has nothing?
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