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I remember adolescence, the years of having the impulse control of a mousetrap, of being as private as a safe-deposit box.

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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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I sometimes think that courage is the thing that you need more than any other thing. It's fear that cripples us. It's fear that accounts for racism, it's fear that accounts for sexism, for xenophobia.
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Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.
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I know the difference now between dedication and infatuation. That doesn't mean I don't still get an enormous kick out of infatuation: the exciting ephemera, the punch in the stomach, the adrenaline to the heart.
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So carry your courage in an easily accessible place, the way you do your cellphone or your wallet. You may still falter or fail, but you always know that you pushed hard and aimed high. Take a leap of faith. Fear not. Courage is the ultimate career move.
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I love having a president who I think is smarter than I am.
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Women are the glue that holds our day-to-day world together.
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The New Testament has had a really powerful effect on how I write and how I live my life.
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the separation of church and state grew out of a desire, not so much to protect government from religion, but to protect religion from government.
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When hot dogs like Mr. D'Amato or the Republican apologist Roger Ailes say that Whitewater is worse than Watergate, it's because they're suffering from a disease. It's called bull-imia, and it's the regurgitation of patent hyperbole.
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Each instance of sexual harassment has to be judged on its merits. Facts, timing, motives, credibility: all must be considered before we make up our own minds what to believe.
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I think the very best thing about the internet is that I can read all the London papers every day if I want to.
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Jane Austen may not be the best writer, but she certainly writes about the best people. And by that I mean people just like me.
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When you look at the women that have made a real difference in the world throughout history, what they’ve done has almost always been defined by fearlessness. That’s something I came to at a certain point I wish I’d come to it younger. Stop looking over your shoulder — there’s nobody who matters back there.
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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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The truth is that when you're writing a novel you're really living in it you're living in the house, and you're living in the town.
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Now, a lot of people are challenged by the fact that a record number of people in their sixties have living parents, and a record number of people in their sixties have kids who may still depend upon them.
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I'm just remembering myself at 22 or 23. I was all engine and no steering. (Laughter) I had the wheels but I had no steering. I do think it's true that when you're younger, you're more likely to listen to all the naysayers, and people are always telling you how you ought to behave and what kind of job you should get and how you should look.
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When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to leave, what message do we send about the roles of women?
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So you're getting squeezed at both sides. You're taking care of your mom and dad and you're still doing caregiving with your kids, which is not easy. But I think overall, there's a level of satisfaction that might be unparalleled.
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