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Angelina Jolie on Friendships with Traumatized People
Actress Angelina Jolie claims, “I don’t really have … a social life.” Instead, she admits, “I realized my closest friends ...
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Eyes to See but Refuse to See
When Galileo introduced the telescope as a tool to peer into the galaxies, his contemporaries did not believe him. Scoffing, they refused to even look ...
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Shock-Jock Struggles with Mortality
On a recent episode of The Howard Stern Show, the “shock-jock” host asked his guest, music legend Paul Simon, questions about music, life, ...
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Why You’re More Creative in Coffee Shops
Some of the most successful people in history have done their best work in coffee shops. Pablo Picasso, JK Rowling, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Bob Dylan. Whether ...
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Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus Reflects on Death
Actress and former Seinfeld star (as Elaine) Julia Louis-Dreyfus has had moments when tragedy and comedy get put in a blender. Monday, September 18, 2017, ...
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The Sprinter Who Held Fast
Eric Liddell took his starting spot in the finals for the 400 meters. More than 6,000 paying spectators filled the stadium on that warm Friday night in ...
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Oldest Man in Space Realizes Dream Deferred
“What happens to a dream deferred?” That opening line from Harlem renaissance poet Langston Hughes has resonated with generations of African ...
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Angelina Jolie on Fame’s Pain and Shallowness
After so many years of fame, the actress Angelina Jolie has resigned herself to some elements of its bargain. The constant gaze of paparazzi means other ...
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Baseball Card Nets $7.2m Due to Name
Sportswriter Jason Gay wrote an article about a rare baseball card of the famous Babe Ruth.
At first glance, it looked like an ordinary, unexceptional, ...
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TV Cop Stops Filming to Help Lost Child
Mariska Hargitay has been playing the same fictional cop role for over 500 episodes of television, spanning over 25 years. Hargitay plays detective Olivia ...
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