I'm not better than anyone, and I'm not trying to convince people to l…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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I'm not better than anyone, and I'm not trying to convince people to live by my standards of what's right. I'm trying to convince them to live by their own. ✨ Eating Animals. Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2009.
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I'm not better than anyone, and I'm not trying to convince people to live by my standards of what's right. I'm trying to convince them to live by their own. ✨ Eating Animals. Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2009.

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