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I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
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Annapolis
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it's the thing you fear most that walks beside you all the time.
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Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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