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When we are stuck in our convictions and personas, we enter into the disease of having good ideas and being right.

Anne Lamott

When we are stuck in our convictions and personas, we enter into the disease of having good ideas and being right.

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About Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott (born April 10, 1954) is an American novelist and nonfiction writer.
She is also a progressive political activist, public speaker, and writing teacher. Lamott is based in Marin County, California. Her nonfiction works are largely autobiographical. Lamott's writings, marked by their self-deprecating humor and openness, cover such subjects as alcoholism, single-motherhood, depression, and Christianity.