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Question: How does a girl who falls--
No, actually, she jumps...
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...eyes open, down a rabbit hole,
plummeting into chaos...
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...come out the other end
unchanged?
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The answer?
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She doesn't.
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See, I know,
because that girl is me.
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But to truly understand
the predicament I was in...
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...i.e., stuck in the middle of chaos...
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...you'd have to go back
to that first day at my new job.
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Actually, to be fair,
you should go back a little further...
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...starting with Mom.
Don't worry. I'm not blaming her...
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...entirely.
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She believed that all problems could
be solved by listening to Carly Simon.
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Greatest Hits.
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Side two. Hurry.
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Something about her voice,
or her lyrics, or her music...
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...helped Mom clear the chaos...
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...especially after a fight with Dad.
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Or when he left us for good.
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People said Mom was better off.
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They said she was lucky.
But she believed....
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Luck is when preparation
meets opportunity.
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You gotta prepare
for the life you want.
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And though I knew I wanted
a career in broadcast journalism...
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...it took a little Carly
and a lot of time...
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...to find the person
I most wanted to work with.
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-She is smart and she is learning.
-Diane Sawyer.
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-Chic, smart, intelligent--
-And she married well.