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I Was Being Groomed To Be A Tennis Player For Sure. My Grandparents And Parents Realised I Had A Natural Athletic Ability And If I Was Forced To Do It, I Could Probably Do Well. But All I Wanted Was To Play Pretend.

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I Was Being Groomed

Dakota Fanning

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I Was Being Groomed To Be A Tennis Player For Sure. My Grandparents And Parents Realised I Had A Natural Athletic Ability And If I Was Forced To Do It, I Could Probably Do Well. But All I Wanted Was To Play Pretend.

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