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Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Things
Friends
Love
Chance
Experience
Passionately
True
Cherish
Ever
Fully
Live
Stay
Wells
Loved
Well
Principles

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