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You can either practice being right or practice being kind.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
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Right
Kind
Positivity
Either

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The reason 'help' is such a great prayer is that God is the gift of desperation. When you're in despair, you're teachable.
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It is in many people's best interest for you not to find yourself, but it only matters that it is in yours, and the whole world's, to proceed.
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The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.
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