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Down time is where we become ourselves... a hiatus that passes for boredom but is really the quiet moving of the wheels inside that fuel creativity.
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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All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.
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There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother... Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too.
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the most sacred business of judges is not to ratify the will of the majority but to protect the minority from its tyranny.
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Some of the most important lessons I've learned have been from stumbling, and I am deeply grateful that my parents allowed me to fight my own battles.
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