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Loneliness... has very little to do with location. It's a state of mind. In the centre of every city are some of the loneliest people in the world... because our whole planet was just outside the window, I felt even more... connected to the seven billion other people.

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Chris Hadfield
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: August 29
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