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"After graduation, I wanted to work for 'Sassy', which I loved, but it had folded. So I wound up at 'Seventeen' for three years on staff and two as a contributor, and I wrote these great stories that nobody ever believes 'Seventeen' does. Serious stories for teens about social justice issues - gun control, migrant farm workers."
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"No decent career was ever founded on a public."
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"The purpose of employment is not to make money."
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"Having a job is being busy."
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"CA means Chakra of Ambitions. I am a Chartered Accountant."
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"CA means Charismatic Amalgamation of great experiences of life. I am a Chartered Accountant."
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"When you're under employment, you are not working in the area of your calling but rather helping to fulfill your employer's."
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"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work."
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"Joblessness gives you time to grow."
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"I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing."
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"Do not complain about two things; your job and your position, because you can always change them."
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"You can't undo loss. You can't unmake a mistake. (What The Hell Have You Done, Sophie Roth?)"
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"Forward momentum. That's my new motto. No regrets. And no going back."
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"Sleepovers and dance parties and those talks we would have until three in the morning that would make us feel lousy the next day because we'd slept like hell but also feel good because the talks were like blood transfusions, moments of realness and hope that were pinpricks of light in the dark fabric of small-town life."
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"Sometimes we meet people and are so symbiotic with them, it's as if we are one person, with one mind, one destiny."
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"Pictures can be pretty deceptive."
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"It's just one day, one twenty-four-hour period to get yourself through."
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"My parents always seemed less like lovebirds than like amiable business partners, for whom I'm the sole product."
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"I run my finger along the crease of the envelope, feel the weight of history inside. Wherever I'm going next, these are coming with me."
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"Sometimes you make choices in life, and sometimes choices make you."
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"My anger feels hot and bilious but I keep it bottled until it doubles back and I'm mad at myself."
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