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Remember it's not 50-50. Remember you are giving 80 percent and getting 20.


Anne Severson

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ANNE FRANK You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody's one and ...
ANNE FRANK I think a lot, but I don't say much.
ANNE FRANK Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
ANNE FRANK Whoever is happy will make others happy.
ANNE FRANK People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.
ANNE FRANK Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no ...
ANNE HERBERT Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.
ANNE RICE I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
ANNE FRANK All art requires courage.
ANNE TUCKER And then, the unspeakable purity and freshness of the air! There was just enough heat to enhance the...
ANNE BRONTE People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.
ANNE TYLER Sympathy, Love, Fortune... We all have these qualities but still tend to not use them!
ANNE FRANK Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my o...
ANNE FRANK I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning wit...
ANNE FRANK