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Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don't be an asshole.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Fails
Instruction
Rule
Follow
Failing
Else
Instructions
Asshole

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