Living Up to the Image

"The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way." - Elvis Presley (born on this date in 1935)

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January 7, 2014

“The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.” – Elvis Presley (born on this date in 1935)

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