Quote by Anne Lamott
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I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled – all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you – stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame. – Anne Lamott

Other quotes by Anne Lamott

You can safely assume that youve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. – Anne Lamott

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God
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I woke up full of hate and fear the day before the most recent peace march in San Francisco. This was disappointing: Id hoped to wake up feeling somewhere between Virginia Woolf and Wavy Gravy. – Anne Lamott

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Fear
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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

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Ill put it frankly – Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries. – Jose Manuel Barroso

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My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based, instead, on mutual respect, honesty and understanding – concepts many modern liberals should consider revisiting. – Tammy Bruce

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respect

Men who love their mothers treat women wonderfully. And they have enormous respect for women. – Ellen Barkin

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respect

The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States. – John Ashcroft

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When the plane is delayed, its not the fault of the girl at the desk. Im resigned to the fact that everything is out of my control and that air travel nowadays is barbaric. – Tom Conti

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A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations. – Ezra Pound

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You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess. – Loretta Lynn

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