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It is in many people's best interest for you not to find yourself, but it only matters that it is in yours, and the whole world's, to proceed.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
People
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Best
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