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I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write

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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Anne Inez McCaffrey
Used
Foolish
Young
Cost
Back
Stupid
Writing
Takes
Much
Days
Good
Energy
Write
Didn
Count

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Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.
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A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.
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