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Rachel McAdams

I'm a hopeless romantic and I believe that you can find love in many different places and be very conflicted. I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairyt

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Rachel McAdams is saying that love can happen in unexpected ways and can bring mixed feelings. She also points out that as people grow older, they realize life and relationships are more complex than the simple, happy stories they imagined as children.

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