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" You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone. "
Dave Davies
Responsibility
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" What makes me laugh about politics, sometimes, is it seems like once we get to a point where our problems are seemingly unsolvable, it's because we're looking through a wrong point of view. If we turn the thing on its head, then maybe we might see it differently. "
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