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1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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  That’s something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think.

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  Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.

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