Exposing corruption, brandishing truth.

Chris Cleave
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Exposing corruption, brandishing truth. This quote comes from the movie "The Blind Side." The main character's mother tells her son that she has one rule for him. The only condition is that he has to be who he is and do what he wants to do. She says, "You don't have to be good at anything you want to be good at." He can be a leader or a rebel, but she tells him that he has to be himself.

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