"If you don't believe inside yourself that you can learn a lot, nobody's ever going to do that for you. Nobody's ever gonna give you self drive. Nobody's ever gonna give you self esteem. Nobody's ever gonna give you your self worth. You have to set it for yourself."
"Nowadays I embrace it all/Beautiful ideals and amazing flaws."
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Source: Song: Letter To My Countrymen, Album: Mourning In America and Dreaming In Color, 2012
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