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Publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is.
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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Writing
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I just try to love and serve everyone, and bring everyone water, and lend an ear that's what Jesus said to do.
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I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.
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And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth but when people put a pretty bow on scary things instead of saying, 'This is a nightmare. I hate everything. I’m going to go hide in the garage.'
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