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�This was the first time I was able to vote. It’s like I’m part of the change for once, and it’s very exciting.�

�I’m going to ballroom-dancing class. There are more boys than girls, so we have to share the girls.�

�I enrolled in what I thought was a self-defense class for women, but it ended up being mixed martial arts. We did knife-fighting and gun disarmament.�

�I race bicycles in Prospect Park and Central Park and at an abandoned airfield in South Brooklyn called Floyd Bennett.�

�I did a three-month meditation course in India, and in the next room were John Lennon and George Harrison. When they left, they said, �We wrote this song for you.�

�I’ve changed my hair five times this year. You don’t need a head full of hair to be beautiful.�

�I think we’re very fortunate to be in this country, but a lot of people take it for granted.�

�People obsess over vintage Gucci�that’s not me. I’m more particular: I like prints and textures.�

�Yes, this is my look. I’ve worn a bow tie for the last 30 years.�

�I did a one-woman show at the New York Fringe Festival, and just turned it into a book for Penguin.�