I’d like them to inherit my optimism.
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What would you like to leave your children?
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I don’t have children. I will leave my nieces money because girls need money of their own. Anything to make women independent.
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More than I can, sadly. I led the softest of lives in the softest of times, and my daughter will face sterner challenges.
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