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Parisians won't admit that they go to the gym, let alone that they're scared of terrorists.
Pamela Druckerman
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Every time I pass a cafe, I imagine it being stormed by men with Kalashnikovs.
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Around my neighborhood, I'm known as the American who talks to her computer while she types.
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I guess we're all supposed to get used to living in a more dangerous world.
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I've been vacationing in western North Carolina and northern Georgia since I was a kid. I arrive, marvel at the mountains, and put on an unconvincing Southern drawl.
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I spent most of my adolescence feeling awkward but never once mentioned it.
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We're understandably worried that staring at screens all day, and blogging about our breakfasts, is turning America into a nation of narcissists. But the opposite might be true.
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I've never gotten a good idea while checking Twitter or shopping.
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The whole point of a commencement speech is to say something encouraging.
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A large part of the creative process is tolerating the gap between the glorious image you had in your mind and the sad thing you've just made.
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When you're the foreigner and your kids are the natives, they realize you're clueless much sooner than they ordinarily would. I'm pretty sure mine skipped the Mommy-is-infallible stage entirely.
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Being an immigrant mother can be hard, but being a poor immigrant mother is much harder. You don't generally get to sit in cafes polishing your French by reading 'Le Monde.'
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