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Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Rest
Spiritual
Subversive
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Slow
Laughter
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