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/ page 698 of 1205 /It takes me forever to actually finish something like a ten-page essay. But, when I do, I usually love what they are. It's a complicated relationship.
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That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women want to figure us out.
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In this time of the Internet and nonfiction, to be on an actual bookshelf in an actual bookstore is exciting in itself.
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If I don't get at least one e-mail every ten minutes, I feel unloved. Even junk mail makes me feel seen. Sad, I know. Sigh.
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Fiction and poetry are my first loves, but the really beautiful lyrical essay can do so much that other forms cannot.
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I love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.
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Like most writers, I find the Web is a wonderful distraction. Who doesn't need that last minute research before writing?
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Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.
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I believe every abortion is a tragedy.
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I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn't.
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I want to write a best-selling book.
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Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn't quite have.
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Because when you watch U.S. television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.
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I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.
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Abortion is an issue of conscience for the Labour party.
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I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.
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In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.
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When fast food is not a treat but a dietary staple, the children surf the internet all day in dark corners of the room and are bombarded with latest gadgets. Things replace parental standards.
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I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.
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Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.
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