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I could become like that dyslexic agnostic in the old joke - the one who lies in bed and tries to figure out if his dog exists.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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San Francisco County
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I'm a terrible Christian and meditating is very hard for me, and I do it. I do it badly, like I do a lot of things. I believe in doing things badly.
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My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.
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I think this is how we are supposed to be in the world-present and in awe.
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Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.
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No one can appropriate God, goodness, the Bible or Jesus. It just seems that way.
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I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is.
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Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be heard, our need to make sense of our lives, to wake up and grow and belong. It is no wonder if we sometimes tend to take ourselves perhaps a bit too seriously.
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Peace is joy at rest. Joy is peace on its feet. quoting her pastor in Salon, April 25, 2003
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When you pray, you are not starting the conversation from scratch, just remembering to plug back into a conversation that's always in progress.
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Maybe it's wishful thinking, this snaggly faith of mine, or maybe it's Miles Davis saying, Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
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Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don't be an asshole.
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I’m probably just as good a mother as the next repressed, obsessive-compulsive paranoiac.
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Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared, even the people who seem to have it more or less together.
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Dancing almost always turns out to be a good idea.
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Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or to pay attention, stomp away to brood when people annoy us, and then eat a big bag of Hershey's Kisses in bed?
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And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.
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It's better to be kind than to be right.
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Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects.
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One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.
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