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From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had.

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

I look young. I heard this said so often that it became irritating. I once worked as a babysitter for a woman who, the first time we met, said she didn't want somebody in high school. I was 22. Later, I realised that in certain places being female and looking 'young' meant it was more difficult to be taken seriously, so I turned to make-up.

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.