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" Let's face it. No kid in high school feels as though they fit in. "

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" French is the language that turns dirt into romance. "

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" But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do. "

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" You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants. "

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" I've always believed in God. I also think that's the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when you're in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement. "

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