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““But asking myself the questions did make me ask myself another question, which is, what is 'normal' anyway? So i looked it up in oxforddictionaries.com. This is what is said: normal (adjective): conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected. And I was like, 'conforming to a standard'? 'Usual? Typical? Expected?' Ugh! Who the heck wanted to be 'expected' anyway? How lame is that?" -Jack Will””

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