I feel like I owe it to the readers to try to pull back the veil and give them the honest version of what's going on. But it's not more fun. If Obama, as he does sometimes already, gets a little snippy with me about something I've written, you're thinking, 'Oh God, the president of the United States is already annoyed with me.'
Maureen DowdWe are riveted by the soap operas of public lives. We admire the famous most for what makes them infamous: it reassures us that they are not better and no happier than all the people with their noses pressed hard against the glass.
Maureen DowdMy eating habits were so bad for many years that I didn't actually know the intricacies of making a salad.
Maureen DowdWomen have become so obsessed with not withering, they've forgotten that there are infinite ways to be beautiful.
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