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Pivotal to a happy writing life is a practice of daily personal writing.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
Pivotal
Daily
Personal
Practice
Happy
Writing
Life

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It is the inner commitment to be true to ourselves and follow our dreams that triggers the support of the universe.
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Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out.
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