I think the biggest gift that Mark Burnett has given to this company – and to Martha, too – is making her comfortable with showing all sides of her persona.

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It's not to say she's not the exceedingly curious perfectionist who's constantly learning another thing that she can become great at. But that's not all of her.

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Even a friend can be fired for taking the advice of experts.

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What Martha is trying to bring back is her company. This is the thing she's proudest of in her life. She has been able to go from a catering business to building a really extraordinary, multifaceted company.

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[Building her company from scratch, Stewart had long felt a need] to be perfect on some level as a role model for all these hundreds of people she was bringing along, ... she recognized that there was a big team of people here who had learned from her, who were very, very good at their jobs ? and would allow her now to be a freer person on television.

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Anyone who knows Martha knows she has a great sense of humor.

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