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Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you

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David Nicholls
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Good
Exactly
World
Difference
Differences
Bits
Around
Change
Better
Bold
Make
Courageous

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