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When I was young, I used to be so jealous of other girls that it crippled me.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Young
Crippled
Jealous
Girls
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