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Proximity bred familiarity, and familiarity bred comfort.

Nicholas Sparks

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Nicholas Sparks
Age: 60
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
Athletics Competitor
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Taekwondo Athlete
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Nicholas Charles Sparks
Proximity
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Familiarity
Comfort

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I been watchin' you, workin day and night, slavin so hard you barely have time to catch your breath. People do that for three reasons. Either they crazy, or stupid, or tryin' to forget.
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