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" The men who really get repelled by what you're wearing are a little shallow, and you probably don't want to date them anyway. "
Leandra Medine
Men
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Little
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" Your doubts are generated by fear, and fear is a series of distorted thoughts. "
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" I have never done anything to my brows, though sometimes I tweeze the intersection of the left and right brow, which is either a really good thing or a really bad thing. "
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