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Material. I wake up in the middle of the night and write jokes.
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My wife cleaning.
An inability to get myself to bed at a reasonable hour.
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Other people’s suffering.
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Anger at people's agenda to control others.
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Handing out leaflets for a dry cleaner’s, because no one wanted them and, if people did take them, they just threw them on the floor.
Not investing in bitcoin.
Some of my old teachers for disrupting lessons. I was the class clown.
I always relate love to happiness.
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