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I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up.

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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible.
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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.
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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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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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The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.
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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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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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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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on the day that the intlligence and talents of women are fully honored and employed, the human community and the planet itself will benefit in ways we can only begin to imagine.
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They sang the words in unison, yet somehow created a web of sounds with their voices. It was like hearing a piece of fabric woven with all the colors of a rainbow. I did not know that such beauty could be formed by the human mouth. I had never heard harmony before.
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Until very recently men and women inhabited very separate spheres. There was always interconnection, passion, love. But men and women didn't hang out at the end of the day and chat about what their day was like at the office.
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The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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I could not get my fill of looking. There should be a song for women to sing at this moment or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment.
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I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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