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Danielle Steel
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: August 14
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schülein-Steel
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel
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People have entire relationships via text message now, but I am not partial to texting. I need context, nuance and the warmth and tone that can only come from a human voice.
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I like summer. I like warmer weather and long days. I'm one of those silly people who still enjoy lying in the sun - my children are horrified!
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No man can take your freedom from you. They can limit your mobility, but that's about all they can do
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I work too hard and don't play enough.
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Love is messy. If you really love someone, you can't avoid the pain. People die, people leave, things change, but sometimes it all works
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Somebody once said to me that photography and writing don't get respect because people think that they can do it, too.
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Feelings aren't sensible. Sometimes you fall in love with people who don't make sense. And the ones who do make sense turn out to be the wrong ones.
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If it's meant to be, they'll find a way to make it work eventually.
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You can’t move ahead until you bury the past.
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Love is quite violent. It is so painful at times, so devastating. And there is nothing worse or better. We find the highs and lows equally unbearable. But then again, the absence of them is more so.
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I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.
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I'm a human rights person. I don't think people should be unfair to men or women.
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My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.
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I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.
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The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that, because I was famous, he didn't have the same rights as other kids.
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I publish six books a year now, which is very exciting. But it keeps me into my typewriter at all times! Now that my children have grown up, I'm with my typewriter 20 hours a day.
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I have a few obsessions in life, and one is shoes!
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You don't need to show off your body to catch a boy's eye. You'd best learn that early on, or you'll be bringing home the worst sort of boy.
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Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.
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It's hard to make changes. Things get so comfortable and you don't want to move. Maybe it would do you good to be a little uncomfortable for a while, and do something different.
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