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- "My mom and I used to listen to records, read, and take train rides across the country in the summer. It was a very chill life. She didn’t expose me to anything that was ahead of my development, but she expected me to adjust to her world – she did not expect to adjust to mine."― Martha Plimpton
- "When you hire that first person, then you’re a boss. You’ve got performance reviews. You’ve got complaints about not making enough money. You’ve got people who are just going to sell your story to the tabloids."― Scott Adams
- "Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself."― Thomas Browne