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I've learned over time that every editor has told me when you're getting that much hate, you don't talk about it. You just kind of don't give it oxygen and let it go away. It's almost - not always, but almost - always the best policy.
Joel Stein
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Joel Stein
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 23
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Edison Township
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I've gotten thicker skin mostly from being older. You just stop caring quite as much about everything.
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I don't like to be in the forest. It's a weird thing. I've learned to have a general appreciation for nature, which has taken a while. But the forest, I still don't really love.
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When Time got rid of my column, I thought it was all over. It was really sad. And then, I just started pushing it to lots of places. And I thought someone would run my column, I thought it was popular, and no one wanted it.
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You can get away with stuff in a one-page story that you can't get away with in a book.
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