A Quote by Mother Teresa
People are generally irrational, unreasonable and selfish. They deserve to be loved, anyway.
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I believed what people said, that I don't deserve to be a leader because of the way I look. That I don't deserve to be popular, that I don't deserve to be loved. I'm not intelligent.
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