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Everything is complicated if no one explains it to you.


Fredrik Backman

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"Yes, until someone explains it to you!
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MARIANNE MOORE Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.
MARIANNE MOORE Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt
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DONNA LYNN HOPE Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it.
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GARY F EVANS... If you can do it, why you won't do it???
If you have chance why you won't use it?
DEYTH BANGER If you're in control of everything, then no matter what it is, you can make that feminine.
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ADRIAN GRENIER I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
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"Just my own p...
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