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I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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The story it told was unremarkable: a tale of love found and lost- the oldest story in the world. The only story.
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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Biblical names are hot again.
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Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters.
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The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.
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One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked.
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The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets.
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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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It's a good thing babies don't give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.
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As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had a fellowship at Radcliff for a year which gave me access to the Harvard system.
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There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America.
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Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day.
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It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.
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Weeping is terrible for the complexion said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, but it is very good for the soul.
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Egypt loved the lotus becuase it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant as a name-two syllables, one high, one sweet- summon up the innumerable smiles, tears, sighs and dreams of a human life.
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It was one of those perfect fall days when the air is cool enough to wake you up but the sun is also kissing your face.
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Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent.
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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.
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