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Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Oppressor Perfectionism Voice

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You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Assume Created God Hates Image Out Own People Safely Same Turns You Your

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It's a great time to be alive.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Alive Great Great Time Time

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These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Attention Back Before Cry Days Get Joy Move Never Our Out Pay Pay Attention Pride Them Through Us

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We're often ashamed of asking for so much help because it seems selfish or petty or narcissistic, but I think, if there's a God - and I believe there is - that God is there to help. That's what God's job is.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Ashamed Asking Because Believe God Help Job Much Narcissistic Often Petty Seems Selfish Think I Think I Believe

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No one tells you that your life is effectively over when you have a child: that you're never going to draw another complacent breath again... or that whatever level of hypochondria and rage you'd learned to repress and live with is going to seem like the good old days.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Again Another Breath Child Complacent Days Draw Effectively Going Good Good Old Days Learned Level Life Like Live Never Old Old Days Over Rage Seem Tells Whatever You Your

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Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: About Caused Cute Died Ever Feeling Feeling Good Give Glad Good Had Handful Having Her Hope Life-Threatening Long Long Time Long Time Ago Me More Most Mother She Time Up Way

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All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often, grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Embarrassment Grandparents Kids Often Parents Relief Resist You

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The earth is rocky and full of roots; it's clay, and it seems doomed and polluted, but you dig little holes for the ugly shriveled bulbs, throw in a handful of poppy seeds, and cover it all over, and you know you'll never see it again - it's death and clay and shrivel, and your hands are nicked from the rocks, your nails black with soil.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Again Black Clay Cover Death Dig Doomed Earth Full Handful Hands Holes Know Little Nails Never Over Over It Polluted Poppy Rocks Rocky Roots See Seeds Seems Soil Throw Ugly You Your

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The Giants are usually described as rag tag, kind of a great garage sale team, and the Democrats are described as the Mommies to the Republican Daddies; and everyone hates the mommies, but wait, wait - I didn't intend to get into the pathos and thrill of being a Democratic Giants fan.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Being Democratic Democrats Everyone Fan Garage Get Giants Great Hates Intend Kind Pathos Rag Republican Sale Tag Team Thrill Wait

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: April 10th, 1954

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