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Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.

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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Sioux City
Iowa
Ann Landers
Esther Pauline Friedman
Even
Spending
Finished
Supervised
Bears
Maturity
Duty
Stick
Jobs
Injustice
Money
Sticks
Able
Bear
Without
Carry

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