[Ads-l] "be your own person"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I'd have dated this to the '70s, when it was common. but no. From
GenealogyBank:

1953 _Oakland Tribune_ (Feb. 5) 29: They would not even let me be my own
person. Golly mother, you sure can kid me along.

1962 _Evening Gazette_ (Worcester, Mass.) (Oct. 31) 36: Avoid this, by
learning to be your own person. Don't live in the shadow of a group's
image, or you'll never have your own identity.

JL

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