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“You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them,” she says now. “You can miss a person every day, and still be glad that they are no longer in your life.”
― Educated
― Educated
“I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women even if we wouldn’t make certain choices for ourselves.”
― Bad Feminist: Essays
― Bad Feminist: Essays
“I am happiest as a set of eyes, and my goal whenever I go into a movie or album or book is to lose myself in the story and find myself on the way out.”
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“(Rebekah Neumann was largely focused on her acting career; she was known to tell friends as they toured the first office that she chose the coffee, and that it was the “secret” to the business’s success.)”
― The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion
― The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion
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