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What does it mean?
The speaker rejects extreme labels and insists on being seen as an individual.
In plain terms
I am not your devil or god just a normal person.
What can you take from it?
Reject projections and demand recognition of human identity.

Where it applies

  • public scrutiny
  • mischaracterization
  • self-assertion

Putting it to work

  • assert personal identity
  • resist stereotyping

Questions to consider

  • How do you handle being mislabeled?
  • What defines a person to you?

Another view

Denying extreme labels may not stop others from assigning them.

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