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All-embracing: when you find it, you don’t want to let it go.
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Kellie Maloney
Retired boxing manager, promoter and politician
Love comes in different aspects. There’s sexual love, companion love and unconditional love, and I think you only have unconditional love with your children or your pets.
Bradley Wiggins
British former professional road and track racing cyclist
Loss of control.
Björn Ulvaeus
Swedish musician
It’s a calm and secure feeling of deep loyalty.
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