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" Never post boring back-to-back selfies. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Post
Boring
Never
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" I have a lot of respect for people who write a whole book because I've heard it will kill you. "
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" I would never give up 'The Wire,' 'Breaking Bad,' and 'Game of Thrones.' I'm grateful for all these expensive, excellent, graphically ambitious programs. "
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" I always get super confused by the way we look at technology, because since when were all phone calls created equal? It's not like every text is the same or that all texts are human interactions that are compromised. I don't get how conduits somehow dictate sentiment. "
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" I find texting to be kind of a safe space. "
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" Teens are strange and magical. "
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" Nothing beats SoulCycle for dumbing all the way out or re-calibrating a mood in less than an hour, which is reassuring, since I typically wake up in a panic that's candy-coated with a low-grade rage. "
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" I'm a big believer in puking out all your thoughts in a single sitting and getting some version of the work down, because the alternative just prolongs the agony. The first draft is hideous and ajskdlkdfksjdfslfjk, but it's just a map for where the big blocks go. "
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" I do not care for musicals. In fact, I hate them. "
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" For my first job interview out of college, I wore a cream-colored cotton suit with cap sleeves and an inverted box pleat skirt that was appropriate for the late-August heat - and wildly discordant with the Red Hook offices of the graffiti magazine I had called twice to find. "
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" There is so much focus on being self-sufficient, and it makes it very difficult to ask for things. I've been crippled by this notion of high-functioning self-sufficiency. And I see it a lot in younger girls. Asking for help brings people closer in a way that I suspected but didn't actually put into practice. "
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" When I moved to New York City from Texas at 22, amateur hour was over. As a newly grown-up person, I vowed I would wear dresses and skirts, wool trousers occasionally, and heels always. "
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" Bieber has taste and pull, which is as important to making quality pop as actual talent. "
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" I have horrible shoe hang-ups. Particularly when it comes to flats. "
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" Part of me just wants 'Jane' magazine back, and 'Sassy,' too. "
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" Reading aloud to other people is wonderful - if you have people who will suffer it. "
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" I love New York, but sometimes New York is so mean to you. "
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" You are overwhelmed, overscheduled, and dejected because you keep trying to have it all - or at least most of it. You want a fulfilling job and personal life, and it's not working. The way out? Work more. "
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" Twenty-thirteen was the year I got super into SoulCycle. "
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" Home is where my house pants live. And they're hideous. "
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" I just love the comics industry. "
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" I'm definitely an indoor kid who's turned into an inside person. "
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" Never post anything personal to your Facebook wall. Or anyone else's, for that matter. Only snitches and teachers look at Facebook. "
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" Food rules. Little rivals the pleasure of tearing into a glistening burger. "
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" Texting is incredibly anxiety-laden, but I know people who will have a full-blown panic attack if you call them. I'm one of those nightmare humans where the little mailbox has an ellipsis on it because I have 1000 unread emails. So texting is the most immediate yet least anxious of all the incredibly anxious ways that we talk to each other. "
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" I suspect that living 24/7 in workout attire is the clothing version of the messy topknot. We all know that your hair is dirty, or too long, or too frizzy, or your roots have grown out, but we are all going to accept it as fabulous because that's the deal. "
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" SoulCycle feels gross, is gross, and I'm grateful to have found it. "
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" I was born in Korea and left before my first birthday. "
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" I like science a whole bunch, but I love 'The X-Files' more - I want to believe. "
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" If you're holding your iPhone, and it's the newest iteration of it, you're like, 'Oh, famous people have my phone. Captains of industry have my phone.' And that can be an intoxicating experience for someone who is going off to college for the first time. "
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