Because I'm not exactly just the elements that make up my body.
Amish TripathiIs God a Delusion?English phrasal verb
make up
To invent or form something.
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Amish TripathiIs God a Delusion?You are all here because you are smart and you are brave, and if you add kindness and the ability to change a tire you almost make up the perfect person.
Amy PoehlerTake Your Risk NowI just have a little quote to say which I made up which is, "Be comfortable in your own shoes," which apparently I'm not, which is really bad.
Cara DelevingneBattling DepressionAnd this is before I'd made up my mind to go public with, what I was dealing with.
Deepika PadukoneDepression is RealAnd now to be honest, I had had some trouble making up my mind between Yale and Harvard Law Schools.
Hillary ClintonBe ResilientAnd when, Pakistan suddenly jumps a decade ahead of us, we have to try to make up, at least a portion of that.
Indira GandhiVision for the FutureYou will feel that, you know, your knees are, you know, they are made up of water.
Irrfan KhanGone Too SoonDon't worry, I have already had the T-shirts made up, "My kid just graduated from Brown, and all I got was the dude from The Office.
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