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I love a large cast of characters. That's the way life is: it's flooded with people and we keep them all straight.

Ann Patchett

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Ann Patchett
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: November 2
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I don't want to stand with somebody's praise.
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Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.
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Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.
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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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I made a startling discovery. Time spent writing = output of work. Amazing.
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She sang as if she was saving the life of every person in the room.
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