“The hardest battle you’re ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.”

—  Leo Buscaglia

Speaking Of Love (1980)
Variant: The hardest battle you are ever going to have to fight is the battle to be just you.

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Motivational speaker, writer 1924–1998

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