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The choice was between being true to my craft or prostituting myself.
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The speaker describes a difficult choice: remain faithful to the standards of their craft or compromise those standards for some outside benefit. “Prostituting myself” is a deliberately harsh metaphor for abandoning personal or professional integrity. The quote presents authenticity and self-respect as more important than the advantage that compromise might bring.
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