Natasha Tsakos Quotes

I do not feel any obligations toward my lineage, or environment, but an inclination to what feels right.

Natasha Tsakos

• Environment
• Right
• Inclination
• Obligations
• Lineage

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• I do not feel any obligations toward my lineage, or environment, but an inclination to what feels right.

  

  Natasha Tsakos
  • Environment
  • Right
  • Inclination