“She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not care to be herself.” – Anais Nin
"She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not care to be herself." – Anais Nin
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"Admiration is the daughter of ignorance." – Benjamin Franklin
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