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" Like everyone, I had low self-esteem, and I wanted to be like the pretty, popular girls. "

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" In high school, I felt pressure to fit in with groups and with people who didn't actually want to be my friend. That's something I learned moving forward into adulthood: to keep the people around me people who love me for exactly who I am. "

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" You're always in love with your best friend. That's why you're best friends. "

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" My issue was I was always the friend and never the girl, so I always had crushes on guys, and they all wanted to date my friends. "

" Whatever I do, I have to put 100 percent of my focus into it because I don't like to do a bad job. "

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