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Ignorance is death. A closed mind is a catafalque.

Anna Quindlen

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Anna Quindlen
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
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Journalist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Anna Marie Quindlen
Closed
Ignorance
Death
Mind

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