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Just be yourself. You don't have to put on an act.To be myself, I have to put on an act, Ginny said bitterly.What's that mean?It means I don't know who I am.

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Just be yourself. You don't have to put on an act.To be myself, I have to put on an act, Ginny said bitterly.What's that mean?It means I don't know who I am.

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