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" It was my full intent as a teenager to smash capitalism and eat dumpster food. "
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Eat
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" A great mantra to have, whether you're breaking up with your boyfriend or you lose your job, or something changes that you didn't anticipate - which is a fact of life, and very much a fact of running a business - is: 'I was OK before this, I will be OK after this.' "
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