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When you really want to say no, say no. You can't do everything - or at least not well.

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Anna Quindlen
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
Author
Columnist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Anna Marie Quindlen
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Everything
Well
Really
Habit
Least

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