"The first thing is going to be a long vacation, I have been going non-stop for eight years and the Katrina experience was just something that I need a break for, " he said.

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If I need to take a break from work, I have to take one.

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In fact, knowing that I'd be spending two more months in America as a swarthy foreigner with an accent and a Middle Eastern passport, I was in almost desperate need of a break.

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And when I need to break up what becomes a drone of breaking news, current events and selected OpEds, I go for the stuff that makes my eyeballs pop out.

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You look like you need a break, and i certainly do.

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"It's great news that it's a clean break as I don't need to have an operation and it won't affect my career long term, " he said.

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"The decision of what to make has never come from a point of 'gee, let's go break a taboo' - it comes simply from what I need to do with my life, what will make my life a rich and interesting journey, " he says.

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"When horses pick up certain injuries, or even mentally need a break, the ocean is by far the most superior thing I've ever seen, and it just gives them that day to just get their heads together, or get a little bit of infection out of their leg, " Snaith says.

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