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I went out shopping at Red Apple. There are a lot of cute guys, most of whom look gay, in that supermarket, which might be a good place to meet people. For example, the guy in line ahead of me was not only nice-looking, but he had coupons – and a guy who cuts coupons out of the newspaper is probably a good catch, right? Oh well.

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Very few admit to being materialistic. If they do, it’s said that they are only on occasion.

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There are millions of reasons why 45 million Americans are still beneath the poverty level. I think it’s very heartless to use this term when you don’t know their circumstances.

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Is a Walgreens across the street from every Rite Aid, a Dunkin’ Donuts facing every Starbucks in any way necessary? Not in the least, but that is what the logic of choice demands.

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Happiness should be an emotion felt by the heart and not purchased with a wallet. Certainly, happiness comes at a price but not the price of money, rather the expense of optimism and faith.

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I watched her face sink from happy to confused to upset to an expression I’d never seen before and will never be able to un-see. She cried her brother’s name into the phone and asked, “what happened?”

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For those of you who do know what I’m referring to, you know what comes next. Well I love my Skechers, but that’s because you don’t have a Prada backpack.

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I walked into a glass box on Fifth Avenue & 56th Street and paid $685 for a piece of waffled wool. A sweater, the color of black top.

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The thing about things is that they are rarely just things. Things coerce, often in the most unforgiving ways.

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The U.S. gets a bad rep sometimes: being ignorant of the rest of the world, having an overworked labor force, being materialistic, etc.