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Everybody wants to make a difference, but nobody wants to be different. And you simply cannot have one without the other.

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Andy Andrews
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: May 22
Author
Motivational Speaker
Orange Beach
Alabama
Without
Different
Difference
Make
Nobody
Wants
Differences
Simply
Everybody
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