"It's probably a much better idea to really think about who really matters to me and how do I invest in ensuring that that continues to happen along the way," she says. "We just kind of put them in the background and hope that whatever needs to happen will happen in the right way yeah as you say it's not part of the script It's such a deeply ingrained story about the individual striving and distinction that you need to make."
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