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I'd like to learn to meditate with more enthusiasm. I can sit down and get quiet for 20 minutes, but it just has not been a part of my Christianity at all.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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San Francisco County
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