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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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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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Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.
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There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute
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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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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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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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I moved my arms through the water, feeling them float on the surface, watching the waves and wake that followed my gesture. Here was magic, I thought. Here was something holy.
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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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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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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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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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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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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.
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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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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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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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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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