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When One Doesn’t Want The Limelight, But Is Also Creative In Developing Whatever It Is They Are, Then You Can Have Two Equal People That Aren’t Competing Against Each Other. I Think When You Are In The Same Field, It’s Difficult To Leave It Outside And Not Compete. Then When The Doors Are Closed, That Pervades Everything.

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When One Doesn’t Want

Tori Amos

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When One Doesn’t Want The Limelight, But Is Also Creative In Developing Whatever It Is They Are, Then You Can Have Two Equal People That Aren’t Competing Against Each Other. I Think When You Are In The Same Field, It’s Difficult To Leave It Outside And Not Compete. Then When The Doors Are Closed, That Pervades Everything.

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