"His [O.J. Simpson's] supporters lined the freeway to……" — Anna Quindlen
"His [O.J. Simpson's] supporters lined the freeway to cheer him on Friday and commentators talked about his tragedy. Did those people see the photographs of the crime scene and the great blackening pools of blood seeping into the sidewalk? Did battered women watch allthis on television and realize more vividly than ever before that their lives were cheap and their pain inconsequential?"
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Anna Quindlen
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171 Quotes by Anna Quindlen
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If an opportunity scares you, that's God's way of saying you should jump at it.
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Figuring out who you are is the whole point of the human experience.
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