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“Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.” quote by Jeanette Winterson — Download Open image

“Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.”

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“I shall have nowt to talk to now the baby is boiled.”

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