Joseph David-Jones Quotes

We all kind of have moments like that, where we don't know why we're acting a certain way, or we can't even explain the emotion that we're feeling.

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• We all kind of have moments like that, where we don't know why we're acting a certain way, or we can't even explain the emotion that we're feeling.

  

  Joseph David-Jones
  • Moments
  • Acting
  • Emotion