At the risk of oversimplifying things (which, by nature, I do not mind doing), I will tell you that I am the part of your brain which deals most directly with the production and processing of fear.

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Further, Sir Richard Doll, who first brought our attention to the links between smoking and lung cancer said: "I do not mind people smoking in my presence, since the risk of harm is so minimal".

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With this in mind, I do not see how The English Roses, and the four books to follow, can possibly fail.

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"I honestly do not know what the source of the stories are, but they are not in heart or my mind, " Clinton said.

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