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Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
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San Francisco County
California
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When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
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I don't write about the intimate details of my cousins and aunts and uncles, and my mother and my father because it's not right to, for me.
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I am skittish about relationships, as most of the marriages I've seen up close have been ruinous for one or both parties.
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