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“You see Viola, this is the body I have and I'm gonna keep it. I've got a potato nose, a bit of flab, a muffin top... I've grown attached to them. And life's too short to worry about what other people think. I've decided to like myself the way I am and to have fun, every time I can.”

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Book:Per sempre
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