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Doubt comes to the door in darkness, pretending to be alone and in need of your compassionate ear. But if you let him in, he'll bring his friends.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
Doubt
Alone
Compassionate
Friends
Pretending
Comes
Ears
Need
Door
Needs
Darkness
Doors
Bring

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