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When you feel yourself to be in critical condition, you must treat yourself as gently as you would a sick friend.

Julia Cameron

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