To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerfu… - Anne Lamott

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To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up its own ass - seeing things in such a narrow and darkly narcissistic way that it presents a colo-rectal theology, offering hope to no one.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott (born 10 April 1954) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer.

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