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![“When I moved to New York, I feel like a lot of things widened within my perspective and as I spend some time here - as everyone does when they're that age or a young person - [you] figure out your own ideals or figure out the way you fit into society a little bit more than you did before.” quote by Morgan Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e00/morgan-saylor-10321_age_when-i-moved-to-new-york-i-feel-like-a-l_428392.jpg)
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