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Cathy Guisewite

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When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.

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funny-clever eye giving

Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.

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mother love funny

Everyday is a new beginning and a chance to blow it.

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new-beginnings life-lesson blow

After 14 years of dieting, there are only two things I've never lost. Hope and weight.

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dieting two years

Each of us wages a private battle each day between the grand fantasies we have for ourselves and what actually happens.

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wages battle reality

Cartooning is a wonderful career, and I'd like more women to get to have it. I can't think of any reason why we won't see more syndicated female cartoonists in the future.

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female careers thinking

Men date. Women have relationships.

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dating men

My dog was with me all the time. I talked to my dog. She was my best buddy. I shared all my secrets with her, but I don't think I every really tried jokes out with the dog.

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secret dog thinking

Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.

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humorous witty funny

The story of a mother's life: Trapped between a scream and a hug.

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mom-and-daughter being-a-mom mother

One day, in 1982, for 15 minutes, my hair was perfect.

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one-day perfect hair

What happened to the good old days of "Woman as passive recipient?" What happened to being courted? What happened to sitting back under a parasol and granting someone a chance to try to win us over?

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sitting winning trying

I understand the sensitivities of grown children with little ones of their own!! They'll turn away a mother full of advice, but they'll never say no to one holding a mop.

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mother advice children

Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.

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funny-life materials world

I've found it's better to talk to the machine and hang up if I get the person.

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machines persons found

Sometimes the best Christmas present is remembering what you've already got.

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christmas remember sometimes

All parents believe their children can do the impossible. They thought it the minute we were born, and no matter how hard we've tried to prove them wrong, they all think it about us now. And the really annoying thing is, they're probably right.

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believe children thinking

Mothers send strips to daughters to make a point. Daughters smack strips down on the breakfast table to make a point. My own mom sometimes cuts a strip out and sends it to me to make sure I understand her.

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mothers-day mom inspiring

I have an office in my house and one about five minutes from my house. I worked solely out of my house for many years, but find, with children, that I have to be in a different ZIP code to think.

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children years thinking

In the '80s, I thought I'd be a success as a woman if I were the president of a billion dollar company, had a sensitive soul-mate husband, two bilingual children, buns of steels, and a compost heap. In the '90s, I pretty much feel I'm a success if I can get through the afternoon without eating a cheesecake.

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