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You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!
You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!
Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
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- John Lennon
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- Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1940 to 1980; Wikidata Q1203, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1203 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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Supplied reference C; CSV row 7114; supplied attribution, independently unverified
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