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You can try to please everyone and risk accomplishing nothing, or go for your dreams and risk pissing a few people off.

Lauren DeStefano

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
People
Accomplishing
Dreams
Please
Risk
Everyone
Dream
Nothing
Trying
Pissing

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Tell freedom I said hello.' 'If I happen to see it, I will.
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