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Once you decide not to worry about that stuff anymore, dating and relationships and love and all that, it's like you're free to get on with real life.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Free
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Real
Love
Dating
Life
Decide
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Relationships
Anymore
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