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I Came To Realize That I Was Always Looking For Myself In The Women I Loved. I Looked At Their Lovely, Clean Faces, And Saw Myself Reflected In Them. They, On The Other Hand, Looked At Me And Saw The Dirt On My Face And, However Intelligent And Self Confident They Were, They Ended Up Seeing Themselves Reflected In Me And Thinking That They Were Worse Than They Were. Please Don't Let That Happen To You.

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I Came To Realize

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I Came To Realize That I Was Always Looking For Myself In The Women I Loved. I Looked At Their Lovely, Clean Faces, And Saw Myself Reflected In Them. They, On The Other Hand, Looked At Me And Saw The Dirt On My Face And, However Intelligent And Self Confident They Were, They Ended Up Seeing Themselves Reflected In Me And Thinking That They Were Worse Than They Were. Please Don't Let That Happen To You.

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