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Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.

Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.

Anna Quindlen
Inspirational, Graduation, Two
Anna Quindlen (2002). “A Short Guide to a Happy Life”, Arrow/Children's (a Division of Random House Group)

The life you have led doesn't need to be the only life you have.

Anna Quindlen
Inspirational, Funny, Life

There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother... Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too.

Anna Quindlen
Inspirational, Sister, Brother

A life of unremitting caution, without the carefree - or even, occasionally, the careless - may turn out to be half a life.

Anna Quindlen
Inspirational, Half, May

When I quit The New York Times to be a fulltime mother, the voices of the world said I was nuts....But if success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your soul, it is not success at all.

Anna Quindlen
Inspirational, Mother, New York

You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are.

Anna Quindlen
Inspirational, Design, Firsts
Anna Quindlen (2002). “A Short Guide to a Happy Life”, Arrow/Children's (a Division of Random House Group)

When you leave college, there are thousands of people out there with the same degree you have; when you get a job, there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life.

Anna Quindlen
Inspirational, Funny, Motivational
"A Short Guide To A Happy Life". Book by Anna Quindlen, 2010.

It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders. It's the expectations that parents have for their daughters, and their sons, too. It's the way we talk about and treat one another. It's who makes the money and who makes the compromises and who makes dinner. It's a state of mind. It's the way we live now.

Anna Quindlen
Inspirational, Motivational, Daughter
Anna Quindlen (2004). “Loud and Clear”, p.123, Random House

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