I don’t want to be the best.
I don’t want to be better than you
If I seek to be better than you,
Then, I have lowered myself to be measured by you.
Then you are the standard that I aspire to
What I want to be,
Is to be Authentic to who I am.
That makes me irreplaceable.
Because there will never be another me!
– Pope
Where do you get scored
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