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Any form of measuring yourself by the unkind action of another towards you is like looking into a badly fractured mirror... and then blaming yourself for the shattered image you see therein.

Guy Finley

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Guy Finley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 22
Musician
Philosopher
Radio Personality
Songwriter
Writer
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Mirror
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Mirrors
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Looking
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Action
Shattered
Another
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