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I don't think you have time to waste not writing because you are afraid you won't be good at it.
Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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If you have a problem you can solve by throwing money at it, you don't have a very interesting problem.
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I find most famous Christians to be full of themselves and of prejudice and self-loathing, masquerading as devout religious belief. I find all fundamentalism to be terrifying and very destructive.
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