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If Hillary were a man she'd be the front-runner hands-down. @hanaschank

Branding, Mr. Trump's specialty, is the capitalist version of transubstantiation. James Poniewozik

My relationship with statistics changed as soon as I became one. Paul Kalanithi

American doesn't necessarily mean the same thing as mainstream. Tammy Rae Carland

You're not a writer until someone else says you are. Alan Parker via Bob Isherwood

A photograph is a secret about a secret. Diane Arbus

This is everybody's first rodeo. MR. MADE-IT

They were right when they said we should never meet our heroes. M E T R I C

There's no scraps in my scrapbook. Phil Leotardo

I have emerged from the swamp pit of mishigas. Shelly Pfefferman

I'm about sick of always having to buy new clothes. Luke Cage

How do we get our spacecraft to be as heroic as our astronauts? @okawater #SPAN16

Don't be a thought leader, just tell a good story. Amber Bravo #SPAN16

He'd recently filled out a pop culture quiz and scored in the "young fogey" category. Carol Shields

I love being exhausted. Tyler Turner

She was the sort of character who others fell in love with in novels. Elisheva Biernoff

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