"During a warm winter rain ... the basins of her collarbones collected water."

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

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“Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable to enjoy all that we already have. Allowing ourselves to really appreciate the prosperity we have created is a big step toward opening to even greater fulfillment.”
“The art form is to become one with the hurdle, to make it your friend, and I embraced that process.”
“Infidelity is a deal breaker for me. I've broken up with people over it. You can't do monogamy 90 percent of the time.”
“Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it.”
“In every Indigenous community I've been in, they absolutely do want community infrastructure and they do want development, but they want it on their own terms. They want to be able to use their national resources and their assets in a way that protects and sustains them. Our territories are our wealth, the major assets we have. And Indigenous people use and steward this property so that they can achieve and maintain a livelihood, and achieve and maintain that same livelihood for future generations.”
“30 Rock' is probably one of my favorite shows. It's just joke after joke after joke.”
“I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.”
“I just felt like I can try to do something special.”

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