Lily TomlinWhen I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific.
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When I was growing up, I always wanted to be someone, but now I realize that I should have been more specific about what kind of person I wanted to be. Nowadays, I don’t want to be anyone; I just want to be myself.
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