If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price. ✨…

John Updike
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If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price. ✨ John Updike (2010). Rabbit, Run, p.157, Random House
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If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price. ✨ John Updike (2010). Rabbit, Run, p.157, Random House

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