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People Pull Away From Something If It's Not Of Good Taste. People Lean Into Something If It's Okay.
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People Pull Away From

Michael Patrick King
People Pull Away From Something If It's Not Of Good Taste. People Lean Into Something If It's Okay.
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Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.


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Conclusion


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