Needless to say, we had no idea that anything we were saying or doing that night, or even that year, would lead us to where we are today, which is married, with children, a mortgage, and a budding fear of the inevitable moment when one of us will die before the other.

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Needless to say, such statements have to be taken seriously, and, if anything, the United States and South Korea may have over-reacted by such a public display of force.

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Needless to say, it is no longer fashionable for artists to portray sex as anything other than a source of unshadowed pleasure, and Britten's longing to return to the innocence of his youth has led many present-day commentators to take an increasingly sniffish view of his work especially in light of the fact that he himself was strongly attracted to pubescent boys.

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Needless to say, Mario Draghi's predecessor at the top of the ECB never said anything nearly as supportive.

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Needless to say, there is no shortage of opportunism and disingenuousness in this, as no one can claim that anything close to the status quo is sustainable.

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