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Anna Quindlen
| “ | A finished person is a boring person. | ” |
| “ | A man who builds his own pedestal had better use strong cement. | ” |
| “ | But never fear, gentlemen; castration was really not the point of feminism, and we women are too busy eviscerating one another to take you on. | ” |
| “ | I came to the realization that there were certain public issues that were most usefully dealt with within some sort of framework of at least my private beliefs, if not my private life. | ” |
| “ | I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society.
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| “ | I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy.
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| “ | I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
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| “ | If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
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| “ | The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
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| “ | The truth about your own life is not always easy to accept, and sometimes hasn't even occurred to you. | ” |
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