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Your unconscious can't work when you are breathing down its neck.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Work
Neck
Necks
Unconscious
Breathing
Inspirational

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