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“Why does it scare me to think I might be ordinary? I remember when I started first grade and I could hardly pay attention for fear I wouldn't learn to read and write. I didn't want to be like everyone else. I didn't want to have to learn. I wanted to know everything already”

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Book:Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s

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