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I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas.


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Sometimes I like to list the strongest arguments I can find to support a point of view I think is wrong. When I have them before me, I am up against a real opponent rather than a hypothetical one that is an easy target for me to hit.
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I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.


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