Quote August 8, 2015
"I could do something about changing my own thoughts, but nothing about changing the people around me."
La Verne, Calif., December 1966 "Caught in Hateland" AA Grapevine
Quote August 8 2012
"I could do something about changing my own thoughts, but nothing about changing the people around me."
La Verne, Calif., December 1966 From: "Caught in Hateland" AA Grapevine
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