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" I'm not pugnacious or argumentative. I'd probably feel fear going into a pub in the Outback. "
Louis Theroux
Fear
Feel
Pub
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" I think Donald Trump's had a pattern of leaping on the bandwagon of anything that he feels will further his candidacy, and if that means sowing more fear and paranoia and playing into a kind of xenophobic populist strain, then that's what he will do. "
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" When you're in your 40s, you become more conscious of life being of limited duration and that you need to create memories and go on little adventures from time to time. "
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Monopoly
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