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" Like any other kid, I was trying so hard to fit in that school made no sense to me. I wasn't attending class; I was trying to hang out in the caf with the cool kids. I was always trying to be cool. "

Winnie Harlow

Always

Trying

School

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Ego

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Natural

Just Because

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Skin

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Growing Up

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