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When a girl says she likes you as a friend, what she means is: Rather than have sex with you, I would prefer to lose you as a friend.

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Roger Ebert
Age: 70 †
Born: 1942
Born: June 18
Died: 2013
Died: April 4
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Roger Joseph Ebert
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