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Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
Anne Lamott
The earth is rocky and full of roots it's clay, and it seems doomed and polluted, but you dig little holes for the ugly shriveled bulbs, throw in a handful of poppy seeds, and cover it all over, and you know you'll never see it again - it's death and clay and shrivel, and your hands are nicked from the rocks, your nails black with soil.
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Life is like a recycling center, where all the concerns and dramas of humankind get recycled back and forth across the universe. But what you have to offer is your own sensibility, maybe your own sense of humor or insider pathos or meaning. All of us can sing the same song, and there will still be four billion different renditions.
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And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth but when people put a pretty bow on scary things instead of saying, 'This is a nightmare. I hate everything. I’m going to go hide in the garage.'
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The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is the point.
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Tell the truth as you understand it. If you're a writer, you have a moral obligation to do this. And it is a revolutionary act - truth is always subversive.
Anne Lamott
The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.
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Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath.
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Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.
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'Help' is a prayer that is always answered.
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if you want to know how God feels about money, look at whom she gives it to.
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I have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus.
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No one is more sentimentalized in America than mothers on Mother's Day, but no one is more often blamed for the culture's bad people and behavior.
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Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people.
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The Giants are usually described as rag tag, kind of a great garage sale team, and the Democrats are described as the Mommies to the Republican Daddies and everyone hates the mommies, but wait, wait - I didn't intend to get into the pathos and thrill of being a Democratic Giants fan.
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I have a giant ego and terrible self-esteem, so I need to hit the re-set button fairly regularly - to get into presence, and humility, and being right-sized.
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You can tell if people are following Jesus, because they are fedding the poor, sharing their wealth, and trying to get everyone medical insurance.
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Reading poetry and reading the great works of the canon that we were reading in the '60s and the '70s and '80s was mind altering.
Anne Lamott
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
Anne Lamott
For some of us, good books and beautiful writing are our ultimate solace, even more comforting than exquisite food.
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