'Acting as if. . . ' I decided, ridiculously in retrospect, that my experience covering women's volleyball for … - Samantha Power

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Ten years from now, I would like to see myself successful as a brand, like Jessica Simpson, with babies running around and a beautiful husband and my own reality show

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'Acting as if. . . ' I decided, ridiculously in retrospect, that my experience covering women's volleyball for my college newspaper was sufficient for me to at least try to become a war correspondent.

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