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That thing you had to force yourself to do-the actual act of writing-turns out to be the best part.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Caffeine
Actual
Turns
Force
Part
Best
Writing
Thing

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