POINTS TO PONDER XLVIII
From Reader's Digest

I started figure skating at the age of five, and the first thing my coach taught me was how to fall. I remember gazing up with a puzzled expression, thinking, "Shouldn't I be learning how to skate?" Looking back, I realize that my coach was very smart. She knew I was bound to fall many times throughout my career and that I'd need to learn how to handle it.
Michelle Kwan
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I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses' plastic surgery.
Bette Midler