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I like people who are as unlike me as possible, which is not an expression of self disgust or self hatred, but it's just that you know you obviously particularly admire things that you recognize yourself as not having.
Stephen Fry
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Stephen Fry
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 1
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