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My understanding is that you get to choose which of your thoughts to go with.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
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Many mornings I check out the news as soon as I wake up, because if it turns out that the world is coming to an end that day, I am going to eat the frosting off an entire carrot cake just for a start. Then I will move onto vats of clam dip, pots of crime brûlée, nachos, M & M's etc. Then I will max out both my credit cards.
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I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God.
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Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation.
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He got me a cup of tea with honey, toast with honey, yogurt with honey, like I was John the Baptist with the flu.
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So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you.
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You can tell if people are following Jesus, because they are fedding the poor, sharing their wealth, and trying to get everyone medical insurance.
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It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.
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I am learning slowly to bring my crazy pinball-machine mind back to this place.
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Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read your work and rave about your use of dialect, go for it. But be positive that you do it well, because otherwise it is a lot of work to read short stories or novels that are written in dialect. It makes our necks feel funny.
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...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.
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I didn't need to understand the hypostatic unity of the Trinity I just needed to turn my life over to whoever came up with redwood trees.
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Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
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The truth is that progress is usually small and sneaky.
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I don't see myself as a deep philosopher. The things I write about tend to be what we all have to face, or consider, or experience, that I talk about with my friends and brothers. It's universal stuff, told in my own voice, my own details and truth, which is all I have to offer.
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Living on Earth has always been a dangerous way to spend your time.
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A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way. It's a lie if you make something up. But you make it up in the name of truth, and then you give your heart to expressing it clearly.
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One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.
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When I was a kid, our family used to watch 'Bonanza.' I really liked having a Sunday night TV ritual.
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What an incredible drug fear is.
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...because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.
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