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I'm one of those religious people who are afraid of everything. I'm instantly worried about everything that could go wrong.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Religious
Wrong
Everything
People
Instantly
Worried
Afraid

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