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“You can take All the Drama in your world, put that in a Blender . . . AND . . . I will take All the Drama in mine and put that into the same Blender . . . Out will come a Shot Glass full of your Drama . . . while I will be making Milk Shake After Milk Shake . . . So Deal with It”

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