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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

— Robert F. Kennedy

 You were born, and the world became a better place. Happy Birthday, man!

Royal commission staff expect you to be calm, composed, dignified, and sober at your age. Disappoint them. 

Have a fan-cake-tastic day!

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

-Linda Grayson

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In his social media series “Trump Was Born to be a Gay Man,” actor Bransen Gates lip-synchs to real recordings of President Donald Trump saying things that — with a few wrist flicks and come-hither eyes — gain an entirely new interpretation. Gates has acted out the president’s monologues about his “beautiful” pole (for a flag), his declaration that he would “kiss every man” in a 2020 rally audience and his assessment of Arnold Palmer’s body. (He “was all man,” said Trump in October.)