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I think when you're reaching outside of something you're comfortable doing, you're just heading towards a light. I don't think you stop to justify it.

Sally Field

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Sally Field
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 6
Actor
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Pasadena
California
Sally Margaret Field
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Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.
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