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" Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships. "

Douglas Coupland

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" Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. "

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" Everyone's got something that they've held onto from their childhood or from a past relationship, someone who's told you what you are, and it's leaving all that behind and living a happy life and realizing that a lot of that is inside you - really uncovering that. The story - those themes - are heavy themes that everyone can connect to. "

" I feel so lucky to have both a son and a daughter, because there's a different relationship with each of them. "

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" The U.K. needs a system for family migration underpinned by three simple principles. One: that those who come here should do so on the basis of a genuine relationship. Two: that migrants should be able to pay their way. And three: that they are able to integrate into British society. "

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