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Coming back is the thing that enables you to see how all the dots in your life are connected.
Ann Patchett
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Ann Patchett
Age: 60
Born: 1963
Born: November 2
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That's the way I work. I get it all plotted in my mind, and then I write it down.
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I was always on time, I did my work to exact specifications, I spoke when spoken to.
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