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\"\"<\/a>Only in your heart can you determine when being “nice” doesn’t serve yours and the greater good.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, cutting to the harshest truth is essential.\u00a0 Sometimes?\u00a0 Only you know when.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Only in your heart can you determine when being “nice” doesn’t serve yours and the greater good. 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