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I don't think anything is the opposite of love.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
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San Francisco County
California
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if you want to know how God feels about money, look at whom she gives it to.
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I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God.
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