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" The notion of this 'emergency contact' is, Do you have someone who is holding you down? Do you know where to go if you're feeling bad? I keep likening it to assigning yourself a godparent of your choosing. "

Mary H.K. Choi

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" From the first time I harangued my mother into buying me a pair of platform sandals at the irascible and persistent age of 11, I've worn heels. "

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First

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Love

Believe

" Food rules. Little rivals the pleasure of tearing into a glistening burger. "

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I Am

" I'm definitely an indoor kid who's turned into an inside person. "

" When I was five, I compound-fractured my arm, pulverising my elbow. "

" I'm pretty sure I peaked at 15. "

" You always feel like a hack and a fraud when you're writing. It's just how it goes. "

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Fraud

" Join a Bikram-flow-yoga, Flywheel, or Pilates class so you can find spiritual oneness amid grunting socialite moms. Do whatever you want. Just, please, for the love of God, stop talking about it. "

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" Pirates, me hearties, are the Patronus of the freelancer. "

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Pirates

" Never post anything personal to your Facebook wall. Or anyone else's, for that matter. Only snitches and teachers look at Facebook. "

" Pedicures are disgraceful. "

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Disgraceful

" I have horrible shoe hang-ups. Particularly when it comes to flats. "

" The first time I drank LaCroix, I half expected it to be filled with self-tanner. Or Axe body spray. "

" Wikipedia's a collaborative experiment akin to Simon Winchester's account of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary in 'The Professor and the Madman,' which outlines James Murray's mission to produce the tome in the 19th century. "

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" I love my mother a not-normal amount. "