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I had really great parents who always gave me lots of opportunity for choice, but I didnt always realize how rare that was for a girl for them to say, You can be a mom or have a career or do both or do something we havent thought of yet.

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Always
Parent
Mom
Choices
Gave
Opportunity
Choice
Girl
Career
Thought
Careers
Great
Realize
Something
Parents
Rare
Really
Realizing
Lots

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It is strange how we hold on to the pieces of the past while we wait for our futures.
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I realize now how much courage it takes to choose the life you want, whatever that might be.
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