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Quote of the Day: 'The Bachelor' contestant Selma Alameri

Ron Ribiat

(RNS) “My family didn’t say, ‘Don’t show emotion and don’t fall in love.’ They simply said, ‘Don’t make out with somebody on television.’ I don’t need to make out with a man to know whether I like him.”

– `The Bachelor’ contestant Selma Alameri, who was born into a Muslim family in Iraq, telling reporters why she didn’t want to kiss Bachelor Sean Lowe on television. She was quoted by USA Today.

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