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" I think it's lovely when people are more involved in local politics. "

Emily V. Gordon

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" I grew up in a very small town in North Carolina, weird and pudgy, without too many other kids to play with. I spent a lot of time watching TV. It was my reassurance that the outside world was bigger and more colorful than the one I lived in. "

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" Sacrificing your relationship for your career sounds noble and romantic from the outside, but the reality is that it can create a pattern of self-destruction that will ultimately burn you out on the career you've worked so hard to build. It's a trap and, for some, an easy way out of having to maintain relationships under stress. "

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" I remember being a teenager and feeling like I could talk to anyone anywhere about anything. "

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" A lot of new stepparents fall into the trap of letting children disobey household expectations in order to gain favor with them. "

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" I'm tired of hearing about 'Damages,' I don't care how life-changing 'The Wire' is, and I don't want to hear another word about 'Battlestar Galactica' or its super-awesome ending. "

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" There is no level of professional rejection that can compare to almost dying. "

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" There's nothing like listening to the drone of QVC's always-bubbly pitchwomen, as they try to move loose-fitting tunics with 'just the right amount of sparkle,' to soothe you into a healing slumber. "

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" Some divorcees turn their pain inward. They brood, and they grieve for a long time, always wondering if they could have done something differently to keep this from happening. They make every problem in their relationship into something they could have prevented. "

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" I'd watch shows like 'The Kids in the Hall' or 'Twin Peaks,' and I'd see weird people being celebrated and appreciated without compromising their weirdness. On 'The Facts of Life,' I'd see girls who were pudgy, beautiful, popular, tomboyish - many ways of being female - and I'd feel quietly reassured. "

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" Women compete, compare, undermine, and undercut one another - at least, that is the prevailing notion of how we interact. "

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" I always tell people, 'Take a class or volunteer.' It really helps you get out of your own little pocket of people you always see and gets you exposed to a new group of people. "

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" Balanced, passionate, grounded people are the ones whose careers are ultimately the most successful. "

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" That's part of what a relationship is: you don't experience things in the same way. "

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" Things can be tough even when surrounded by nice Pottery Barn stuff. "

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" Love is a good thing. "

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" If you've experienced cheating in a new marriage, the real work is not obsessively combing through all the details of what happened, but rather figuring out if your relationship is worth saving. "

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" Men - not all men but a good majority of the ones I have known and worked with - tend to think of difficult situations in their lives as problems that need to be solved. "

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" Betrayal can be extremely painful, but it's up to you how much that pain damages you permanently. "

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" It's absolutely amazing to me that anyone allowed their children to watch 'The Ren & Stimpy Show' in the '90s; it's dark, gross, nihilistic, and absolutely bizarre. "

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" Marriage isn't just about two people who fit together well. It's about two people who figure out how to fit together well. "

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" When someone insists that you watch a show that's already been on for a few seasons, they're basically saying, 'Hey, you're not doing anything for the next five weeks, are you? Because have I got a plan for you every single night! It's 'Weeds!'' "

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" I haven't always been the best advocate for my own body. I was a too-tall, pudgy child who felt completely out of control of the genetic lottery ticket she'd been given, so in retaliation, I shut down. I ignored my body and hated it for not being tiny and cute like my friends' bodies. "

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" Get married wherever you like, make accommodations for the people you love so they can attend, and forget about the people who can't. "

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" I grew up in a town where there were no Muslims whatsoever, and there was not a lot of exposure. "

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