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So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Caring
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Passionate
Messages
Inside
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Moral

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