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“Because I was a young man so, of course, I…” quote by Will Self — Download Open image

“Because I was a young man so, of course, I did get into fights. The last time I actually was in a fight, in the sense of throwing punches myself, was probably when I was at college, not since 1980. But I remember being attacked quite a few times in the '80s.”

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