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Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Unhappiness
Joke
Jokes
Failure
Easier
Make

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