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Children Quote by Joan Chen

“It's the sacrifice I'm not willing to make right now to leave my children because I felt it wasn't only my choice.” quote by Joan Chen — Download Open image

“It's the sacrifice I'm not willing to make right now to leave my children because I felt it wasn't only my choice.”

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