I’ll try to turn the other cheek….But I’ve only got two and they’re both stinging.
– Heather Blanton
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- The idea was a splinter in my mind. Always there, always stinging,even when I wasn’t conscious of it. Even when I wasn’t thinking about it. – Michelle Hodkin
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- The only thing that makes advice great is when you apply it and it works so try, try try. – Rob Liano
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