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You are not your bank account, or your ambitiousness. You're not the cold clay lump with a big belly you leave behind when you die. You're not your collection of walking personality disorders. You are spirit, you are love.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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