"Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the……" — Anne Lamott
"Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life."
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489 Quotes by Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott has 489 quotes on this site.
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'Help' is a prayer that is always answered.
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I've seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you've really shortchanged yourself.
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You get your confidence and intuition back by trusting yourself, by being militantly on your own side. ... Don't look…
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Age has given me what I was looking for my entire life - it gave me me. It provided the…
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You are desperate to communicate, to edify or entertain, to preserve moments of grace or joy or transcendence, to make…
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You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind.
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In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.
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Charles had once remarked that holding onto a resentment was like eating rat poison and waiting for the rat to…
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To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to seek yourself is to have found yourself for now.…
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...after a few days at the desk, telling the truth in an interesting way turns out to be as easy…
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They believe that if they do get published, a wonderful new life is in store. It will turn out that…
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The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good…
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the…
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
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No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have…
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No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their…
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Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a…
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
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We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to…
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Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.
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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the…
— Stanley Baldwin
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Biography should be written by an acute enemy.
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Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue,…
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