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“When I was little, I knew that I was not adopted, but I actually imagined and hoped that I was - and that my real parents were going to come get me.” quote by Gloria Steinem — Download Open image

“When I was little, I knew that I was not adopted, but I actually imagined and hoped that I was - and that my real parents were going to come get me.”

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