Know your number. If you don__ know it you might forget who you are.
That's how you avoid becoming a moth," he says. "Stop asking others what to believe. Figure it out for yourself.
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That's how you avoid becoming a moth," he says. "Stop asking others what to believe. Figure it out for yourself.
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