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Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion.

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Tina Fey
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 18
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I was the editor of the school newspaper and in drama club and choir, so I was not a popular girl in the traditional sense, but I think I was known for being relatively scathing.
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This worked out perfectly for me in college, because what nineteen-year-old Virginia boy doesn't want a wide-hipped, sarcastic Greek girl with short hair that's permed on top? What's that you say? None of them want that? You are correct.
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Don't waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions... Do your thing and don't care if they like it.
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I never dreamed I would receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, mostly because my style is so typically Austrian.
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