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It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair.

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Mariella Frostrup
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
Journalist
Oslo
Norway
Circumstances
Easier
Mitigating
Much
Tots
Outweigh
Disadvantages
Count
Generally
Despair

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