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Joy is the best makeup. But a little lipstick is a close runner-up.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
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San Francisco County
California
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So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed.
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I went to Goucher College in Maryland for the best possible reasons - to learn - but then I dropped out at 19 for the best possible reasons - to become a writer.
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I used to love to untangle chains when I was a child. I had thin, busy fingers, and I never gave up. Perhaps there was a psychiatric component to my concentration but like much of my psychic damage, this worked to everyone's advantage.
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I was the angriest daughter on earth, and also, one of the most devoted.
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