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He sounds like someone who might best be loved from a distance.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Women
Best
Might
Like
Sounds
Distance
Loved
Sound
Someone

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