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Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Fear
Keep
Beautiful
Nourish
Cannot
Lies
Make
Protect
Safe
Lying
Freedom

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