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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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Novelist
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
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Wanted
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Death is no enemy, but the foundation of gratitude, sympathy, and art. Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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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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My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.
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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
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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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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
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I would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose's childhood, but time is a mother's enemy.
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The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.
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