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Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.

Ann Landers

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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
Lying
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Backward
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Ahead
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