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I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try and laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
Because boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

— Robert Smith Lol Tolhurst and Michael Dempsey, Boys Don't Cry (1979)

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Different views of the same truths are seldom disagreeable to men of taste, and are equally useful to beginners with the writings of different authors upon the same subject.

I've never regretted not having children. My mindset in that regard has been constant. I objected to being born, and I refuse to impose life on someone else.

I wake up and look at myself and think, 'yuck!'. (MTV)

I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore. (L'Express newspaper 2000)

If the world could outlaw religion for one year you'd be surprised how much better the world would be. (Music Planet 2Nite, 2001)

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