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The Fact Of The Matter Is That You Can Use Your Beauty And Use Your Charm And Be Flirtatious, And You Can Get People Interested In Your Beauty. But You Cannot Maintain That. In The End, Talent Is The Only Thing. My Work Is The Only Thing That's Going To Change Any Minds.

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The Fact Of The Matter Is That You Can Use Your Beauty And Use Your Charm And Be Flirtatious, And You Can Get People Interested In Your Beauty. But You Cannot Maintain That. In The End, Talent Is The Only Thing. My Work Is The Only Thing That's Going To Change Any Minds.

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