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Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Life
People
Seem
Understand
Seems
Change
Take
Time

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