Strangely enough, he says, his glamorous life prepared him to do the work he does today.

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And when Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman died in Paris last week of a massive cerebral hemorrhage, her passing was as dramatic as her glamorous life.

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Granted, her character wears fashionable clothes and lives a more glamorous life balancing time between her husband (played by Greg Kinnear) and her work superior (played by Pierce Brosnan).

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Have you ever fantasized about how glamorous your life would be if you worked as an advertising executive?

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However, his son acknowledged that without the robbery Biggs would never have had the sometimes glamorous and exciting life he had.

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The life is far from glamorous, involving much sacrifice, adversity and risk.

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But recently his boardroom deals have taken a backseat to his turbulent private life, as Perelman's marriage to glamorous actress Ellen Barkin (his fourth) heads toward divorce.

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Is the life of a secret agent as thrilling or as glamorous as it's portrayed in hit flicks like James Bond and Mission Impossible?

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Forbes cover girl Kathy Ireland may have earned her celebrity as a glamorous supermodel but her success in business is a tribute the very unglamorous life of busy moms and a laser focus on knowing this customer.

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That's why so many young people today tell pollsters their ambition in life is to be a celebrity, a sports star or a glamorous model.

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