"Very often, women want something they saw in a magazine, but a swimsuit can look very different when you have it on, " she says.

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Which is why most people who cannot handle the truth are so vexing: More often than not stubborn mules are smart, talented, and accomplished folks who validate the old saw that the problem with attaining what you want is that it positions you to have something to lose!

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Similarly, if you only saw one film and it happened to be the fabulous "Waltz with Bashir" you might have a happier memory of Cannes than if it happened to be Michel Gondry's half-woman, half-chair story.

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