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[Her] work taught me that you could be all the traditional feminine things -- a mother, a lover, a listener, a nurturer -- and you could also be critically astute and radical and have a minority opinion that was profoundly moral.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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