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My best teachers were mess, failure, death, mistakes, and the people I hated, including myself.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Best
Hated
People
Mess
Mistakes
Including
Failure
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Mistake
Death
Teachers

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