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A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of this prayer, God finally got back to her: I'm not going to take anything away from you, you have to give it to Me.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
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Nun
Give
Begging
Anything
Defects
Back
Kept
Take
Finally
Giving
Told
Going
Prayer
Years
Away

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