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I get thirsty people glasses of water, even if that thirsty person is just me.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Glasses
Water
Persons
Person
Even
People
Thirsty

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