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"So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb."
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Source: How I got happy and stayed grumpy by Alastair Campbell, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2012.
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