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And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.

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Adriana Trigiani
Age: 55
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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Film Director
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If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.
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I don't use a crap camera, I don't eat junk, and I'm not going to a dance where the boys are bores
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When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her.
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The only urgent thing in life is the pursuit of love. You get that one right, and you've solved the mystery.
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Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.
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I have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
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There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.
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A library is a home filled with our stories. On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our great longing for times that have passed, the sterling moment of the present and the glorious future known only in our imaginations.
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The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed that they could read and write. I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes.
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Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn't worry about the consequences. Maybe a first love exists to remind you to be brave in the moment, to stand up for your feelings, instead of shrinking back in the face of potential loneliness.
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Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.
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I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up.
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This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships - they can't. It interferes.
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Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful. I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a business and find love in a place so far from home. Ireland has never been more beautiful - the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.
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This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.
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When people are filled to the brim with love, they are their most beautiful.
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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.
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