"It's my mother's engagement ring so I thought it was quite nice because obviously she's not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all - this was my way of keeping her close to it all, " he said.

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"When I'm out and about parents come up and say 'You're Mel, you go to my daughter's school, ' it's nice, " she said.

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"To have this kind of scientifically valid study that confirms a lot of what we as military spouses have been saying and noticing for a long time, it's nice, " she said.

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"It's really nice, " she said.

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"It doesn't look like it's setting out to be controversial, I think there's a nice variety, " she said.

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"The longer I stayed, the more scared I'd be of leaving because it's so comfortable and nice, " she said.

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When a tech entrepreneur who favors Patagonia jackets and sneakers told San Francisco dealer Claudia Altman-Siegel he was headed to the Swiss art fair Art Basel, she had some advice: "I was like, 'No one's going to be nice to you if you're not dressed up, '" she said.

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"It's nice to have that connection, " she says.

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"In online dating and in life, it's nice to have thick skin, let things roll of your back and move on, " she said.

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