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I write everything as a wake-up call to myself and others, to anyone who may have gotten tired of hitting the snooze button.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Everything
Gotten
Writing
Wake
Tired
Call
Anyone
Snooze
Write
Button
Others
Buttons
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if you want to know how God feels about money, look at whom she gives it to.
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