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Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.
Anna Quindlen
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Anna Quindlen
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
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Anna Marie Quindlen
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One of the useful things about age is realizing conventional wisdom is often simply inertia with a candy coating of conformity.
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I'm going to live long enough to live in an America that will assume universal health care is a basic right. That will be amusing and terrific.
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It would take a helluva man to replace no man at all.
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But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many of our youngest kids need to learn to respect themselves. You learn your worth from the way you are treated.
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