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title: "3 Started Pretending Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [It was really bizarre, that Sabzian business. You know I had no interest in being photographed before this incident. But then not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsen-makhmalbaf/it-was-really-bizarre-that-sabzian-business-you-know-i-had-no/)

[Mohsen Makhmalbaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsen-makhmalbaf/)

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> [I was 11 and always watched TV and cartoons and I would always kind of point at the cartoons and say, 'I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/breckin-meyer/i-was-11-and-always-watched-tv-and-cartoons-and-i-would-always-kind/)

[Breckin Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/breckin-meyer/)

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> [I didn't have any definition of self. I never fit in, so I started pretending I was other people. I'd find people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-monteith/i-didn-t-have-any-definition-of-self-i-never-fit-in-so-i-started/)

[Cory Monteith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-monteith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/cory-monteith-9236_clean_i-didn-t-have-any-definition-of-self-i-n_2390112.jpg)

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