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The measure of mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability to plain and simple hold down a job.
Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Elizabeth Wurtzel
Age: 52 †
Born: 1967
Born: July 31
Died: 2020
Died: January 7
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New York City
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Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel
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Everything's plastic, we're all going to die sooner or later, so what does it matter.
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