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" Sadly, I don't really believe in the idea of timeless fashion. It's an oxymoron. If 'classic fashion' really never changed, we'd all still be wearing togas. "

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" I went to Queen's - a fine university with the proudly stupidest frosh week in the country. This was, when I was there, supposed to be somehow evidence of a higher social class. "

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" What makes a publisher decide to market a book to a particular audience is not the subject matter but the style. "

" I am indeed completely nuts, but that doesn't mean I don't care about how I look. Sometimes, I admit, I will privilege appearance over comfort. "

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" Canadian writers don't live in gated mansions; you can just talk to them when you see them lining up at the Second Cup. "

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" Only a tiny portion of music history involves a singer and a lyric. Songs in music are generally thought to be a minor form. "

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" I don't see my artist friends as any more neurotic or addiction-prone than the others. The roommates I have had who were into triathlons or environmentalism were just as crazy as the poets, just as prone to tears over gardening or air conditioners, just as ready to kite a cheque or binge on cookie dough. "

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