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I can't think of a single downside to motherhood now.

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
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Motherhood

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I was a kid who sometimes got in trouble because I couldn't keep my mouth shut, which turned out to be an advantage when I became an opinion columnist.
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