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Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Delicious
Holding
Breath
Breaths
Nothing

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