You Can Change A Person In Their Exterior Aspects, But The Soul Remains, It Still Is There, And Especially If That Person Has Been Changed Involuntarily.

-Antonio Banderas

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You Can Change A

Antonio Banderas

You Can Change A Person In Their Exterior Aspects, But The Soul Remains, It Still Is There, And Especially If That Person Has Been Changed Involuntarily.

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