When you choose your own way, you lose your happiness
People need self-respect, that self respect must be earned _ it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned _ and the only way to earn anything is to achieve it in the face of the possibility of failing.
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People need self-respect, that self respect must be earned _ it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned _ and the only way to earn anything is to achieve it in the face of the possibility of failing.
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