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Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around.

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Anna Quindlen
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
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Philadelphia
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Anna Marie Quindlen
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The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America.
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I do a lot of mental work before I ever start writing.
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Guilt is what separates humans from animals.
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I once wanted to be a personage. Now I am comfortable being a person.
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A man who builds his own pedestal had better use strong cement.
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Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.
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It would take a helluva man to replace no man at all.
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