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The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Work
Way
Always
Whistle
Blown
Gets
Ways
Waiting
Better

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