Your name

Michael Kagan

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Your current location

Springs 

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Your favorite pastime
Being by, in, or around the ocean

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Something you like

Working hard 

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Something you dislike

When they don’t cut your sandwich all the way in half 

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Your defining characteristic

I like rearranging furniture to find different lines and angles

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What would someone close to you say your defining characteristic is

That I’m OCD

 

Your favorite artist

Richter... but I’ve been really into Grotjahn lately. They are old school painters... the real deal.

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Favorite word or phrase
BOOM! 

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What aspect of your work is most important to you

The organic flow and evolution of it

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Who do you admire the most and why

My wife... she does it all with style and grace. 

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Your worst habit

Working right up to that deadline

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The first thing you think of in the morning

I need to go run before everyone wakes up

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What have you always wanted to do and have not done

Go to the moon

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Your best decision

Making NYC my home 

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Your worst decision

I was taught to have no regrets cause life is short 

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Your favorite street and why

Wythe Ave... it’s where we became a family

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What made you become the person you are

A good family 

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Something that you treasure

The memories of my mom 

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What would the child you once were think of the adult you have become

“You go guy!” My mom used to say this to me whenever I called with good news. 

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Your greatest fear

I think we are all living in it currently... but there will be bright days ahead. The beauty of coming together and changing the future for the better.