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Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Trying
Mess
Much
Clean
Life
Lived
Leave
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Perfectionism
Shows
Clutter
Mean
Cleaning

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