Won't I Make Marriage First?

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When you get married, you come to the view than it's not just about you. It's about us. And this is a very trite thing to say, but it's quite important and quite powerful. I think what you're saying about marriagewas talking about a, talking about this in a different interview, about how much i hate the phrase, you have to work at your marriage as if youd. You might do that from time to time, but that's not what it really means to work atyour marriage.

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