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I can never tell what I'm doing when I'm in the middle of publication because I have no confidence. I have terrible self-esteem, along with boundless narcissism.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Self
Publication
Never
Boundless
Esteem
Confidence
Along
Terrible
Middle
Tell
Narcissism

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