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Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books

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Stephen Fry
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 1
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I am magnificently prepared for the long littleness of life. There is diddley-squat for me to look forward to. Zilch, zero, zip-all, sweet lipperty-pipperty nothing. The only thought that will give me the energy to carry on is that someone has a life which would be diminished by my departure from it.
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