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" I'm an interior designer who happens to be gay. "

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" To me, the one thing you should splurge on, if you only have a certain amount of money to spend, is your bed because you spend about 30 percent of your life in bed, and you should be comfortable, and you should wake up every day just feeling good. "

" Religion was my entire life. And then, when I came out, religion completely turned their back on me. And I've never really gotten over that. "

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