"I finished my memoir."
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memoir, memoirs, autbiography, autobiogaphies, cave art, cave painting, cave paintings, caveman, cavemen, hunt, hunts, hunting, hunter, hunters, hunter-gatherer, hunter-gatherers, carving, carvings, simple life, memory, memories, life story, cave dweller, cave dwellers, ancient history, prehistory, prehistoric"Yeah, I was into the pet thing for a while, but that scene wasn't for me."
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animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, talking pet, talking pets, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, talking cat, talking cats, cat, feline, felines, cats, cat owner, cat owners, job, jobs, work, career, careers, occupation, occupations, profession, professions, car, cars, vehicle, vehicles, automobile, automobiles, driving, driver, drivers, transportation, taxi, taxis, cab, cabs, taxicab, taxicabs, passenger, passengers, life story, career changes, changing careers, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphism, personification"I'm starting to wonder if my story is ever going to be uplifting."
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life story, life stories, depressing, depressed, depressive, depressives, uplift, uplifting, pessimist, pessimists, pessimism, existential crisis, existential crises, miserable, misery, unhappy, unhappiness, ruminate, ruminations, ruminating, modern life, modern attitudes, hopeless, hopelessness"By the time I was supposed to resume my hockey career, I had discovered ice dancing."
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bar, bars, pub, pubs, patron, patrons, customer, customers, drink, drinks, drinking, alcohol, alcoholic, liquor, booze, drunk, drunks, friendly drunks, life story, life stories, sport, sports, skating, skater, skaters, ice dancing, ice dancer, ice dancers, hockey, hockey player, hockey players, ice hockey, athlete, athletes, career, careers, injury, injuries, recovery, recovered, resume, continue, career change, career changes, fashion, costume, costume, fancy, dress-up, dress up, dressing up, discovered, discovery, passion, passions, passion project, passion projects"I'm warning you - it's a long story. It starts when I was a Deadhead and ends with me buying a John Tesh CD."
"Hi! I'm Greg Holbrook, born in L.A., now live in Stamford with my wife and three kids, went to school at Exeter, graduated Yale '38, did a two-year hitch in the Navy, now write copy for McCann-Erickson, my hobbies are tennis and sailing. Who are you and what do you do?"
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overshare, share, shared, chatty, over share, overshared, oversharing, tmi, too much information, word vomit, info dump, information dump, speed, spped dating, party, parties, conversation, conversation skills, communication, communication skills, eager, brief, briefs, pitch, pitches, hard act to follow, introduce, introductions, introduced, life, life history, life story, friend, friends, friendship"Stay away from him. He has an unbelievably long attention span."
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long attention span, attention, attention span, attentive, overshare, share, shared, chatty, over share, overshared, oversharing, tmi, too much information, good listener, self induced, self-induced, ramble, rambling, party, parties, conversation, conversation skills, communication, communication skills, eager, brief, briefs, pitch, pitches, hard at to follow, introduce, introductions, introduced, life, life history, life story, friend, friends, friendship"You're a very interesting waiter, but don't you have any other tables to take care of?"
"Henry, is there a moral to our story?"
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relationship, relationships, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, life story, life stories, story, stories, moral, morals, purpose, meaning, life lesson, life lessons"I'm writing a memoir. It's mostly recipes."
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witch, witches, sorceress, sorceresses, cauldron, cauldrons, brew, brews, brewing, potion, potions, magic potion, magic potions, halloween, hallowe'en, all hallows eve, cooking, cook, cooks, chef, chefs, recipe, recipes, cookbook, cookbooks, book, books, writing, writer, writers, author, authors, memoir, memoirs, autobiography, autobiographies, publishing, life story, life stories, record, records, instruction, instructions, spellbook, spellbooks, spell book, spell books, food writer, food writers, literature, myth, myths, legend, legends, folklore"Have you been reading a lot of exhaustive biographies lately?"
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biography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, life story, life stories, depressing, depressed, depressive, depressives, bad influence, miserable, in depth, in-depth, in depth reading, in-depth reading, doctor, doctors, md, mds, m.d.s, m.d., gp, gps, g.p.s, g.p., general practitioner, general practitioners, medical check up, medical check ups, clinic, clinics, doctors clinic, doctors clinics, doctor's clinic, doctor's clinics, hospital, hospitals"Which one would you like - 'My Life,' the director's cut or, 'My Life.' for general release?"
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autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographer, autobiographers, life story, life stories, life-story, life-stories, date, dates, first date, first dates, emotional baggage, director's cut, directors cuts, getting to know you, getting to know someone, overshare, oversharing, overshared, movie lover, movie lovers, film lover, film lovers, over-share, over-sharing"Then I met Pamela who was drop-dead gorgeous."
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heaven, angel, angels, dying, dead, complement, complements, attractiveness, attractive people, attractive person, attractive women, attractive women, drop dead, dropped dead, dropped dead, drop dead gorgeous, drop-dead gorgeous, beauty standards, fatal mistake, fatal mistakes, life story, life stories, attraction, beauty, beautiful woman, beautiful women"It's a heck of a tale...and well told, but we don't publish resumes."
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business, businessman, businessmen, businesswoman, businesswomen, working woman, working women, career woman, career women, meeting, meetings, presentation, presentations, chart, charts, graph, graphics, trend, trends, presenter, presenters, bad presentation, bad presentations, bad presenter, bad presenters, life story, life stories, taking care, self-care, personal care, off topic, off-topic, office, offices, office life"Oh, Lord no, I'm not a professional terrorism expert."
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bar, bars, barman, barmen, bartender, barfly, bar fly, barflies, bar flies, life story, life stories, opinion, opinions, opinionated, strong opinion, strong opinions, armchair, armchair critic, armchair enthusiast, face value, professional, knowledge, knowledgeable, terror, terrorism, war on terror, politics, political, drink, drinking, out drinking, after a few drinks, terrorists, irresponsibleChapter one
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mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, parent, parenting, parenthood, bedtime story, bedtime stories, life story, yuppies, yuppy, child, children, son, sons"I feel bad about Nora Ephron's neck."
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book, books, read, reads, reading, title, titles, book title, book titles, neck, necks, feel bad, feeling bad, sympathise, sympathy, author, authors, actress, actresses, feminism, feminist, woman, women, thought, thoughts, opinion, opinions, biography, biographies, life story, life stories"I've decided to write my autobiography – would you mind if I mentioned you?"
"So, what inspired you to study engineering, get married, find a job, move to the suburbs, have a couple of kids, and grow old?"
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drink, drinks, chat, chats, chatting, chatter, chatters, story, stories, question, questions, questioning, life story, life stories, inspire, inspired, inspiration, inspiring, bombard, bombarding, opportunity, seize an opportunity, famous, motivate, motivation, motivating, old, old age, old people, retire, retired, retiring, bore, bored, boring"For me, it all began one gray and chilly morning in the grim maternity ward of a borderline hospital on the Upper West Side."
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