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Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today and I'll always remember it

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Happens
Remember
Today
Always
Heartache
Tomorrow
Whatever

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