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How to seperate the humiliation from the loss, that's the catch. You can never be sure if what tortures you is the pain of being without someone you love or the embarrassment of admitting that you have been rejected.

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Stephen Fry
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 1
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Hampstead Village
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