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" For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working. "

Zooey Deschanel

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" Classic Christmas cookies are really time-consuming. Instead, make a bar you can bake in a pan and just cut up, like a brownie or a blondie or a shortbread, which still has that Christmas vibe. "

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