I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing I'm afraid of now is of being someone I don't like much.

Quote by Anna Quindlen

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There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are...

There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are...

When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to...

When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to...

There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of...

There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of...

There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always...

There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always...

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a...

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a...

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind...

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on...

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on...

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom...

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

I once wanted to be a personage. Now I am comfortable being a person.

I once wanted to be a personage. Now I am comfortable being a person.

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why...

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why...

New York City has finally hired women to pick up the garbage, which makes sense...

New York City has finally hired women to pick up the garbage, which makes sense...

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the...

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the...

Shout out to the money that just magically appeared in my bank account!

Shout out to the money that just magically appeared in my bank account!

Ivy Blue bank account is larger then mine and she isn't even a day old...salty.

Ivy Blue bank account is larger then mine and she isn't even a day old...salty.

Yea I've always been short but my bank account will always be growing.

Yea I've always been short but my bank account will always be growing.

To get ahead, get a head to follow own heart from the start.

To get ahead, get a head to follow own heart from the start.

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find...

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is...

Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is...