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" As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it. "

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" There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership. "

" All our efforts to guard and guide our children may just get in the way of the one thing they need most from us: to be deeply loved yet left alone so they can try a new skill, new slang, new style, new flip-flops. So they can trip a few times, make mistakes, cross them out, try again, with no one keeping score. "

" Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie. "

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" In sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than 1 in 5 girls make it to secondary school. "

" The 1950s felt so safe and smug, the '60s so raw and raucous, the revolutions stacked one on top of another, in race relations, gender roles, generational conflict, the clash of church and state - so many values and vanities tossed on the bonfire, and no one had a concordance to explain why it was all happening at once. "

" High school is a haunted house in April, when seniors act up because the end is near. Even those who hate school sometimes cling to the devil they know. And for the kids who love it, the goodbyes are hard to think about. "

" You can't predict when a crisis might hit your family, whether it's with an elderly parent or with your children. "

" Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament. "

" In design as in life, smart can also mean wise, kind, inspiring - and cost-effective. And that has a charm all its own. "

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