I wouldn't listen to my parents, but I found out that I absorbed. I never heard what they said - told me - but I did what they did. (Andrew Young)

I wouldn't listen to my parents, but I found out that I absorbed. I never heard what they said - told me - but I did what they did.

Andrew Young

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