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Nora Ephron Quotes: Verbal ability is a highly overrated thing in a guy, and it's our pathetic need for it that gets us into so much trouble.
         

Verbal ability is a highly overrated thing in a guy, and it's our pathetic need for it that gets us into so much trouble.


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