"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

People, Thoughts, Opinions, Quotation

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"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

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