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You Know, The Interesting Thing About Having Traveled Around The Country As Much As I Have, And I Think It's Sort Of Inadvertently What Made Me Come Out Or At Least Begin Doing Things Within The Community And Thinking More About That, Was That I Get To Travel Quite A Bit.

-Lesley Gore

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You Know, The Interesting Thing About Having

Lesley Gore

You Know, The Interesting Thing About Having Traveled Around The Country As Much As I Have, And I Think It's Sort Of Inadvertently What Made Me Come Out Or At Least Begin Doing Things Within The Community And Thinking More About That, Was That I Get To Travel Quite A Bit.

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