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When it comes to our kids, our quest for optimization is not so much lessening anxiety as feeding it.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
"It meant so much to me," she said of her time working at the club, where she met her husband Roy.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“It’s wonderful to have a company that’s definitely making an effort to film again in Los Angeles. We’ve had so much runaway production.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Why spend so much money on a house to live in, when I could keep renting and invest the excess money at a time when the stock market is doing so well?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
“I don’t care so much about the modeling part, but it’s like you said—such a fine chance to highlight Chinese styles.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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