It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

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Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a...

Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a...

I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I...

I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I...

My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second...

My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second...

We don't stop going to school when we graduate.

We don't stop going to school when we graduate.

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work...

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work...

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It...

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It...

You know, one wonderful thing that came out of my Enquirer experience is that, in...

You know, one wonderful thing that came out of my Enquirer experience is that, in...

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't...

But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't...

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it...

Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it...

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work...

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work...

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't...

It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't...

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?

But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that...

But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that...

When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.

When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.

I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.

I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.