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I Remember When I Was In High School I Didn't Have A New Dress For Each Special Occasion. The Girls Would Bring The Fact To My Attention, Not Always Too Delicately. The Boys, However, Never Bothered With The Subject. They Were My Friends, Not Because Of The Size Of My Wardrobe But Because They Liked Me.

-Marilyn Monroe

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I Remember When I Was In High School I Didn't Have A New Dress For Each Special Occasion. The Girls Would Bring The Fact To My Attention, Not Always Too Delicately. The Boys, However, Never Bothered With The Subject. They Were My Friends, Not Because Of The Size Of My Wardrobe But Because They Liked Me.

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