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And I don't have to listen to a sermon to know what to think or feel about them. It's almost as if I absorbed completely what mattered most to me, and the rest could go.

Anna Quindlen

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Anna Quindlen
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
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Columnist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Anna Marie Quindlen
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I love having a president who I think is smarter than I am.
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