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It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what.

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Hugh Laurie
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: June 11
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It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.
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Happiness is the twinkle in your grandmother's eye as you reverse the tractor off her legs.
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