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We always do the best we can by the light we have to see by.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
Light
Best
Always

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For today, all you need is the grace to begin beginning.
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