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That things didn’t get better.
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David Schwimmer
American actor
The lack of role models in leadership in the US, in particular our government.
Marie Kondo
Japanese organizing consultant, author, and television show host
In elementary school: I opened my lunchbox and it was empty. I was devastated.
Rosanna Arquette
American actress
People who have ghosted me for my politics.
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I look at my nephew, who is five years old and in a perpetual state of bliss; I imagine that’s what I was like when I was five. That’s not to say I am unhappy now; I was on top of the world walking through a park to work this morning.
The Importance Of Being Idle by Oasis. I’m in the video, which is basically my own funeral, so it’d be nice and macabre.
Anyone who is risking their life to cross a body of water with their family to escape war.
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