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You start out wanting to change the world through language, and end up thinking it's enough to tell a few good jokes.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
World
Start
Language
Tell
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Change
Enough
Good
Wanting
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Jokes

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