I'm electric with vertigo, even though I'm on the ground, vertigo like I felt once when I stood on the edge of a high cliff in Arizona and looked straight down.
People have worried about things for centuries, but it has never once had a positive effect on the outcome of a situation.
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People have worried about things for centuries, but it has never once had a positive effect on the outcome of a situation.
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