Anita Rani
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Guilt for not being productive enough – ridiculous.
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Rhythm patterns from my dance shows.
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Anything from the concept of human mortality to a faux pas I made at a party in 2005.
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Things that I didn’t do during the day.
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You’re going to come up against brick walls in life. You’ve got to go over them, under them, around them, or crash through them, but somehow or other you’ve got to get to the other side.
On my deathbed thinking I wish I would have done something that I didn’t do.
Digging foundations in the freezing-cold Chicago winters.
I don’t give myself that much thought.
I always try to see the good. I never look for the bad.
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