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It was so naive to think that there was nothing interesting that happened after 55. Come on, there's a whole second adulthood!

~Gail Sheehy

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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.

~Gail Sheehy

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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.

~Gail Sheehy

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I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going to dive into a jellyfish or the water's going to be too cold or the boys are going to beat me. I'm just doing it. And if I do it, it's a good chance I'll make it.

~Gail Sheehy

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I know I'm never going to probably see the Taj Mahal or, you know, climb Mt. Everest, but I can still maybe influence peoples' way of thinking by a story that I do, by something I learn about the world.

~Gail Sheehy

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I'm a liberal, but I think there's so much that the private sector can do and does do.

~Gail Sheehy

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Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.

~Gail Sheehy

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I was devastated when I got the review for my first book. The book came out a couple years before the women's movement broke through, and people were putting it down, asking, 'Why does the woman in this book need to get a divorce? Why can't she just shut up and be happy?'

~Gail Sheehy

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I do think women can have it all - but not all women. If you take daring steps and are smart about it, you can probably have it all. But you might have to wait a while.

~Gail Sheehy

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I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children.

~Gail Sheehy

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: November 27th, 1937

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