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When you pray, you are not starting the conversation from scratch, just remembering to plug back into a conversation that's always in progress.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Pray
Starting
Praying
Conversation
Plug
Progress
Plugs
Remember
Scratch
Back
Scratches
Always
Remembering

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