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Early Quote by Janet Mock

“I knew very early on that I was not pretty. No one ever called me pretty. It was not the go-to adjective people used to describe me.” quote by Janet Mock — Download Open image

“I knew very early on that I was not pretty. No one ever called me pretty. It was not the go-to adjective people used to describe me.”

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