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I write what I see; I paint what I am.


Etel Adnan

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JERRY HELLER Don't like me for what I am.
Just like me for who I am.
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DANA PLATO I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.
DANA PLATO I don't think of myself as pretty. I am what I am.
ISABELI FONTANA I am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself.
RAHUL DRAVID I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid.
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BAUDOUIN I Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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Let justice be done, though the world perish.
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