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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
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Time
Life
People
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You must not inflict life on someone who will be resented.
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I write everything as a wake-up call to myself and others, to anyone who may have gotten tired of hitting the snooze button.
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