"I have a box, when can you come pick it up, where do you want me to meet you, " other chitchat -- that's a lot of talk for a call that lasts one minute or less.

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You need a trip to the mall because you had a bad day at work and you need a pick-me-up.

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If you need a pick-me-up.

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Unless the person you are attending the networking event with is going to make your quota for the year, you need a plan on how to attack the event, all while knowing you have a partner in crime on the scene should you need a self esteem pick me up.

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It can show you an offer from a local coffee bar for a pick-me-up.

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And let me pick up on some of the points that you made, hopefully without being duplicative.

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He just kept saying why wouldn't you pick up the phone, why would you put that stress on me?

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Ms. BLACKBURN: I think, for me, one of the things that shocked me and led me to want to write a book about Billie Holiday was because every time you pick up a CD or a record or a biography, before they've even begun anything else about her, there was a mention of this drug element in her life.

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