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We all have the dark, ignorant shadow inside us. I have worked endlessly to reveal it and heal it in me, but of course there's some primitive weird stuff in me. The Tea Party is about exhorting white supremacy, though, so I've had a tiny bit of trouble experiencing sympathy.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Dark
Tiny
Experiencing
Though
Shadow
Tea
Party
Worked
Reveal
White
Inside
Primitive
Stuff
Bits
Sympathy
Trouble
Heal
Exhorting
Courses
Ignorant
Supremacy
Course
Weird
Endlessly

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