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I always felt a little bit of an outsider, especially because I grew up on Oahu.
Kaui Hart Hemmings
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I'm proud of being from Hawaii, and I'm proud of being Hawaiian, but I'm more than that, too.
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I love film and have taken a stab at a screenplay. I love writing dialogue and found it highly enjoyable.
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I like to work out every day, so that takes up some time.
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I can't speak for all Hawaiians, but the reality is that we depend on tourism. Locals might not want to go to the spots like Waikiki, but we do want tourists to experience more of the islands.
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Disney's Aulani Resort has really developed the southwest coast of Oahu and led to it getting more attention.
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People go surfing before work and paddling afterward. My husband is from Wisconsin, and he goes to work in his Hawaiian shirt.
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The best thing about being a fiction writer is that where the truth is inconvenient, I could veer away.
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With families, no matter what kind you inherit, at some point you want to announce that you belong to it.
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When you're a child, you crave formal recognition; you crave ceremony, celebration, certification of proof.
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I loved 'Belzhar' by Meg Wolitzer.
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Jonathan Franzen seems like the grumpiest guy, and he doesn't seem to like much of anything, so I really don't care what he has to say.
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