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The solution is always spiritual, and it almost never has anything to do with the problem ... laughter is carbonated holiness.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Solutions
Laughter
Almost
Spiritual
Problem
Anything
Carbonated
Always
Holiness
Never
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