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There is nothing you can buy, achieve, own, or rent that can fill up that hunger inside for a sense of fulfillment and wonder.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Inside
Achieve
Wonder
Sense
Dream
Rent
Nothing
Fulfillment
Fill
Hunger

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