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Anne Spollen

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ANNE FRANK the conversion of Anne Frank into usable goods.
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[Letter to Anne Clarke, July 3, 1964.]
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Should never crave the rose.
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let me be feverish and frowning.
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ANNE BAXTER In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
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ANNE TUCKER Vibrators. I think they are great. They keep you out of stupid sex. I'd pitch them to anybody.
ANNE HECHE Sex is a short cut to everything.
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ANNE HERBERT Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.
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ANNE BRONTE People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.
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ANNE FRANK Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.
ANNE FRANK The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!
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ANNE FRANK The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever
ANNE FRANK Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good ...
ANNE FRANK But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.
ANNE FRANK There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound e...
ANNE FRANK As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can...
ANNE FRANK In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build ...
ANNE FRANK Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I h...
ANNE FRANK Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of ...
ANNE FRANK The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they c...
ANNE FRANK I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these...
ANNE FRANK The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
ANNE FRANK Oh, darling, let your body in, let it tie you in, in comfort.
ANNE SEXTON There's something wrong in not appreciating one's own special abilities, my girl. Find your own limi...
ANNE MCCAFFREY You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly abo...
ANNE LAMOTT When honor and the Law no longer stand on the same side of the line, how do we choose[?]
ANNE BISHOP Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futi...
ANNE SULLIVAN When we're dealing with the people in our family - no matter how annoying or gross they may be, ...
ANNE LAMOTT