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My mom, for her unflappable ability to be sanguine (though she sometimes dips into Pollyanna territory).
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2021 source ↗
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Bill Gates. Not only did he build Microsoft, he went on with his wife to create the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. They support the, in my view, single most important factor in making the world a better place – empowerment of women and girls.
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How my PTSD manifests—it feels like being the only ballerina in the company saddled with a 100-pound backpack and told to go out onstage and still be graceful.
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