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Anne Lamott quotes about work

American Author April 10, 1954

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Age has given me the gift of me, it just gave me what I was always longing for, which was to get to be the woman I've already dreamt of being. Which is somebody who can do rest and do hard work and be a really constant companion, a constant tender-hearted wife to myself. Anne Lamott
Don’t underestimate this gift of finding a place in the writing world: if you really work at describing creatively on paper the truth as you understand it, as you have experienced it, with the people or material who are in you, who are asking that you help them get written, you will come to a secret feeling of honor. Anne Lamott
[Her] work taught me that you could be all the traditional feminine things -- a mother, a lover, a listener, a nurturer -- and you could also be critically astute and radical and have a minority opinion that was profoundly moral. Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott quote: "Sometimes grace works like water wings when you feel you are..."
Sometimes grace works like water wings when you feel you are sinking. Anne Lamott
Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done, then unhypnotizing yourself and going over the material coldly. Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott quote: "The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways,..."
The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work. Anne Lamott

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