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People will want you to behave a certain way, to make a certain choice because it reinforces the way they see the world...But you have to do what's right for you.

Jennifer Weiner

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Jennifer Weiner
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 28
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Film Producer
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Louisiana
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I think it has as much to do with honoring my own voice as it does with feeling a responsibility to my readers or my daughters.
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I could have told him that nothing was safe and that no matter how careful you were and how hard you tried, there were still accidents, hidden traps, and snares. You could get killed on an airplane or crossing the street. Your marriage could fall apart when you weren't looking your husband could lose his job our baby could get sick or die.
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The idea you can tell a writer of a specific religion to stop writing about that religion is presumptuous.
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