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We're out there somewhere between the known and the unknown, trying to reel in both for a closer look.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Inspirational
Look
Looks
Trying
Reel
Closer
Unknown
Somewhere
Known

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