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Quote by Anna Quindlen
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. – Anna Quindlen

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There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman as a weight and a sampler, not an Ezra, a Walt, a thing of beauty, a joy forever. – Anna Quindlen

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Children should have enough freedom to be themselves – once theyve learned the rules. – Anna Quindlen

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Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number. – Anna Quindlen

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