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In your twenties you're becoming who you're going to be and so you might as well not be an asshole.
Cheryl Strayed
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Cheryl Strayed
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 17
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I asked, often out loud: Who is tougher than me? The answer was always the same, and even when I knew absolutely there was no way on this earth that it was true, I said it anyway: No one.
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