"Leave the fireworks for those who cast no spark of their own."

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Source : Karen Abbott (2007). “Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul”, p.18, Random House

Karen Abbott

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“If you doubted your fears instead of doubting your dreams, imagine how much in life you'd accomplish.”

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