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Learning From Our Mistakes
Springboard Press
April 2009
On Sale: April 7, 2009
240 pages
ISBN: 0446582190
EAN: 9780446582193
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Humor
As Charles Grodin says, "If you don't get wiser as you get
older, then you just get older." The core of this book is
about identifying our mistakes, learning from them, and not
repeating them. Charles Grodin, a very funny individual who has appeared in
movies, television and currently is on WCBS Radio every day,
has asked his friends (and friends of friends)--from Robert
Redford, Paul Newman, Shirley MacLaine, Alan Alda, Regis
Philbin, Ben Stiller, and others--to share sometimes very
revealing memories of the biggest mistake they've made. Rosie O'Donnell looks back to her college days and her
inability to express her love for a close girlfriend. Regis
Philbin learned to trust his instincts when an early talk
show got cancelled. Irwin Redlener, the Co-founder of The
Children's Health Fund, examines a near-mistake--how he
almost canceled a trip to see a grown son who soon after
died in a skiing accident. Dr. Nicholas Perricone learns to
shift his perspective after witnessing the bravery of a
young girl during his internship. Senator Orrin Hatch
discusses his mistaken vote against making Martin Luthor
King Day a national holiday. And Carol Burnett's hilarious
essay explains why meeting Cary Grant turned out to be a big
mistake! If I Only Knew Then...offers intimate insights into dozens
of celebrated figures' lives.
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