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But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an opportunity instead of a passing of time, what wonderful horizons open out!
Anna Neagle
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Anna Neagle
Age: 81 †
Born: 1904
Born: October 20
Died: 1986
Died: June 3
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Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox
Florence Marjorie Wilcox
Florence Marjorie Robertson
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But the important thing about learning to wait, I feel sure, is to know what you are waiting for.
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