But I am tired of the way they whine about their interior decorators, their children's SAT scores, the two wrinkles that have shown up on their foreheads, and the new Saab, which has more problems than the old Jaguar.

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But no matter how tired or hopeless I am feeling, hip-hop helps me look beyond my own circumstances to find the determination I need to move forward.

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"I was tired and tense at the start but I am pleased to get to the final and I would have taken that and a personal best before I came here, " she said.

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