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		<h2>I think <span>nighttime</span> is dark</h2>
		<p>So you can imagine your fears with less distraction.</p>
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		<h2>I suppose if we couldn't <span>laugh</span></h2>
		<p>At things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life.</p>
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		<h2>I think the <span>surest</span> sign </h2>
		<p>That intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.</p>
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