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Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Innocence
Something
Combination
Conscience
Takes
Belief
Beautiful
Right
Sophistication
Writing

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