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" I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences. "

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" All summer, I read fiction because you must read for the pleasure and beauty of it, and not only for research. I don't read thrillers, romance or mystery, and I don't read self-help books because I don't believe in shortcuts and loopholes. "

" Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses. "

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