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As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in

As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never made use of experiences immediately as they happened. I needed to let things fester in my memory, mature and transmogrify into something meaningful. – Ayelet Waldman

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I always tell my kids that as soon as you have a secret, something about you that you are ashamed to have others find out, you have given other people the power to hurt you by exposing you. – Ayelet Waldman

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Well, you know, I was raised by a 1970s feminist. My mom had a consciousness-raising group. I used to sit at the top of the stairs and listen to them. – Ayelet Waldman

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mom
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Look, if you ask a child, Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a stay-at-home Sylvia Plath, theyll pick Sylvia Plath every time. But I think its really important that children dont feel their parents emotional lives depend on their success. – Ayelet Waldman

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Frankly Im fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else. – Harlan Coben

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When Im on my own, I can be negative. I need my friends and family around to help pick me up if Ive had a bad qualifying session. I think insecurity plagues a lot of sportspeople. – Jenson Button

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I realised how paranoid and guarded and not trusting – walled-in – I had become. Not consciously so, but just this armour that I kind of have, protective armour. Its not for my friends or family, but for being.outside in the world, always on guard. – Jennifer Aniston

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My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. Weve all been through so much together. – Shaun White

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The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force. – Andre Maurois

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As long as the world is turning and spinning, were gonna be dizzy and were gonna make mistakes. – Mel Brooks

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Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life. – Jimmy Dean

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