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Khaled Hosseini Author, Physician
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"People…shouldn’t be allowed to have new children if they’d already given away all their love to their old ones. It wasn’t fair."

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Jane Austen Novelist
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"Elinor was to be the comforter of others in her own distresses, no less than in theirs; and all the comfort that could be given by assurances of her own composure of mind, and a very earnest vindication of Edward from every charge but of imprudence, was readily offered."

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Joyce Carol Oates Author, Poet
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"Before I undertake a lengthy project, I have usually given much thought to it over a period of years. My files are filled with likely subjects - which perhaps, one day, I will develop."

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Mary McCarthy Author
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"I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about for me. They feel that you've given away trade secrets."

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Louise Hay Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Most people are doing the best they can, given what they know and understand, including you. If they knew more and were aware of more, they would do things differently."

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