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I watched as Humphrey Bogart__ character used beans as a metaphor for the relative unimportance in the wider world of his relationship with Ingrid Bergman__ character, and chose logic and decency ahead of his selfish emotional desires. The quandary and resulting decision made for an engrossing film. But this was not what people cried about. They were in love and could not be together. I repeated this statement to myself, trying to force an emotional reaction. I couldn__. I didn__ care. I had enough problems of my own.
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I watched as Humphrey Bogart__ character used beans as a metaphor for the relative unimportance in the wider world of his relationship with Ingrid Bergman__ character, and chose logic and decency ahead of his selfish emotional desires. The quandary and resulting decision made for an engrossing film. But this was not what people cried about. They were in love and could not be together. I repeated this statement to myself, trying to force an emotional reaction. I couldn__. I didn__ care. I had enough problems of my own.

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