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I thought I wanted to be a journalist or a novelist.
Lena Dunham
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Lena Dunham
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: May 13
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This weird pressure that mothers are put under, like this idea that if you can't breastfeed, you're not doing something properly, or if you choose not to.
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I can never be who I was. I can simply watch her with sympathy, understanding, and some measure of awe. There she goes, backpack on, headed for the subway or the airport. She did her best with her eyeliner. She learned a new word she wants to try out on you. She is ambling along. She is looking for it.
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Now if you went to someone's house to look for them, you would be a psychopath.
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If someone doesn't answer your email within six hours, it means they hate you.
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The work that's interesting to me in other people is really confessional.
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