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I go to church every Sunday, which is like going to the gas station once a week and really, really filling up.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Church
Going
Every
Station
Really
Filling
Like
Gas
Stations
Sunday
Week

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