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" I've always said if I'm winning at one thing, I'm failing at another. "
Shonda Rhimes
Winning
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One Thing
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" I'd split up with a boyfriend and gone to Vermont to stare at my navel, and then 9/11 happened, and I spent days being scared of what was happening in the world. So I made a list of all the things I wanted to do, and at the top was adopt a baby. Nine months and two days later, I brought my daughter home. "
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