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"People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions."
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"Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that."
"People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions."
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