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" Arguably, there's an emotional side of life that I'm not always completely plugged into. "
Louis Theroux
Arguably
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" Sometimes people think I'm sort of a Machiavelli who is thinking, 'How can I disarm people? I know: I'll create a persona; I'll get some spectacles, and when I meet you, I'll say, 'How are you doing?' And I will be very unassuming and polite and never get angry.' "
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