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We take our vitamins, we go to exercise class, we put on our seat belts. And then something blindsides us and gives the lie to our carefully constructed facade of safety.

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Anna Quindlen
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
Author
Columnist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Anna Marie Quindlen
Something
Seats
Safety
Exercise
Facade
Gives
Vitamins
Class
Constructed
Lying
Belts
Take
Seat
Giving
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