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So much of what you take for granted is the bedrock of happiness.

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Anna Quindlen
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
Author
Columnist
Journalist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Anna Marie Quindlen
Bedrock
Granted
Happiness
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