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My deepest belief is that to live as if we're dying can set us free. Dying people teach you to pay attention and to forgive and not to sweat the small things.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Free
Forgive
Live
Forgiving
Things
Dying
People
Pay
Teach
Small
Belief
Deepest
Attention
Sweat

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