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About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.
About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.
Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
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- Rita Mae Brown
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- Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Rita Mae Brown: documented birth year 1944; activity date not established. Wikidata Q242956, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242956 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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