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This is the hard part about having best friends that I feel no attachment to -- I don't give them any benefit of the doubt. And being best friends is always about the benefit of the doubt.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Always
Friends
Part
Give
Best
Hard
Attachment
Feel
Benefit
Feels
Benefits
Giving
Doubt

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