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Three great ways to lose a lover: Talk to him the way your mother talked to your father. Berate him in public because everybody loves an audience. Contrast him to your friends, and compare him with his predecessors.

Perry Brass

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Perry Brass
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: September 15
Journalist
Novelist
Savannah
Georgia
Audience
Compare
Talk
Lovers
Friends
Loves
Father
Lose
Berate
Mother
Loses
Predecessors
Three
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Contrast
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Everybody
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