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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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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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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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I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up.
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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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If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. Stories about food show a strong connection. Wistful silences demonstrate unfinished business. The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother's life - without flinching or whining - the stronger the daughter.
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Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers?
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I am so honored to be the vessel into which you pour this story of pain and strength.
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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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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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The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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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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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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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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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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One of his tears fell in my mouth, where it became a blue sapphire, source of strength, source of strength and eternal hope.
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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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There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America.
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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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