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NEVER DENY A CHILD LOVE

 
"When I was a kid, I was denied not only a childhood, but I was denied love. When I reached out to hug my father, he didn’t hug me back. When I was scared on an airplane, he didn’t put his arm around me and say, "Michael, don’t worry. It’s going to be OK." When I was scared to go on stage, he said, "get your ass on that stage." … I will never deny a child love. If it means that I have to be crucified or put in jail for it, then that’s just what they’re going to have to do."

KLÄDD SOM EN KUNG

 
I denna utstyrsel, designad av Michael Bush, begravdes Michael i... Klädd som den kungen han var och är. (Klicka här för större bild.)

WE HAD HIM

  
  
  
 
"He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his." ~ Maya Angelou

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ANGEL

VÄRLDSHYLLNING

 
Kolla här för att delta i en världshyllning till Michael idag på hans födelsedag!

HAPPY 55TH BIRTHDAY

 
 

SÅ FINA VIDEOR

 
 

GRATTIS FRÅN CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

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"i'VE GOT IT - MICHAEL"

 
My experience with Marlon and Brandon didn’t dissuade me from getting pregnant again. The following year August 29, I gave birth to another boy. I remember that day well… my neighbor Mildred White and I were driving over to see the new grammar school under construction, Garnett Elementary. At my request Mildred drove me home. I called my mother and she and my stepfather drove me to Mercy Hospital. Shortly after I got there, I began having contractions. Later that night, my son was born. ‘I want to name him,’ my mother said. I hated her first suggestion: Ronald. ‘How about Roy, then?’ ‘Oh, my gosh, Mama, no.’ She thought for a little while. ‘I’ve got it — Michael. ‘That’s it!,’ I said. By then I was used to seeing my babies born with funny looking heads, so I wasn’t alarmed by Michael’s. The two other things I remember about him as I held him in my arms for the first time were his big brown eyes and his long hands, which reminded me of my father-in-law’s.~ Katherine Jackson

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HAPPY BDAY MJ

AV NATE GIORGIO

BIRTHDAY SURPRISE!

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TO THE KING

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 
"There are no words that can ever describe how I still continue to feel about you. So I won’t even attempt to type them all. I could go on for days. Just know I love you from the depths of my soul. There’s no way I could ever repay you for what you’ve done to my existence, simply at the hands of your own. Rest easy, love."

NOBLE

 
"The more I watched him the more I loved him. He was simply magic. He was the most noble person in the world. No man on Earth can compare to his inner and outer beauty. I met so many stars, talked to them, worked with them, but no one was even close to Michael's charisma. ~ Ruska Bergman

ENERGY AND SPIRIT

 
"I'll always remember how he wasn't a man of many words but he didn't have to, because his energy and spirit would totally light up a room." ~ Patti LaBelle

KATHERINE ON MISSING MICHAEL AND PARIS'S PAIN

 
Michael Jackson's mother Katherine has spoken for the first time of her granddaughter Paris's recovery following the teenager's attempted suicide bid in June.

The 15-year-old schoolgirl was rushed to hospital from the family home in Los Angeles after cutting her wrists and swallowing a large number of over-the-counter painkiller Motrin.

She is now being treated in a secluded residential facility that specialises in depression and grief management for troubled youngsters.
 
"She is in a good place, getting the help she needs," says the 83-year-old Jackson family matriarch, who shares legal guardianship of Paris and her brothers, Prince, 16, and Blanket, 11, with her grandson TJ.

"She is doing much better," Katherine told HELLO! from the legendary Encino estate, where she and her husband Joe raised their famous showbiz brood, including daughters Janet and LaToya.

"The treatment is going good, really good. She's my baby. It's hard for me, really hard. All I wanted these kids to be is happy. The night Michael died Paris was crying and said, 'I want to go and see daddy; I don't want to be without him.'"

The solo superstar, whose 1982 hit Thriller is still the best-selling album of all time, died suddenly in his bed on June 25 2009 from an overdose of the surgical anaesthetic propofol. He would have turned 55 this Thursday (29 August).
 
Katherine and Michael's children are suing the entertainment group AEG Live in a wrongful death civil case for a reported $40 billion. Mrs Jackson has been attending Los Angeles Superior Court daily since April, and of the ongoing trial, she said: "I take it one day at a time".

She tells HELLO! she still grieves for her son: "There's not a day goes by that I don't think about him; when I don't shed a tear. He was a very good father, the best. He was a good son, too."

But she admits her style of parenting is different to Michael's. She got rid of the masks the children used to wear when they were in public with their father and stopped the oldest two from being home-schooled.

"They were sheltered a lot when Michael raised them," she admitted. "I had thought about it and I said, 'I am not going to raise them like that (wearing masks). But Michael had a good reason. He was trying to protect them."

Describing the children's personalities, Mrs Jackson said: "The kids are great. They are incredibly polite and that's down to the way Michael brought them up. He instilled good manners but it's a different generation, of course, and I don't understand the whole social media thing. They are always on their phones."

Mrs Jackson returns this week to her hometown of Gary, Indiana, where Michael was born, for a charity tribute charity concert on 29 August.
 
Källa: HELLOmagazine.

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TARGET

 
"This was someone who as a person, loved to see a child smile. Loved to see a child from the inner city who was growing up in poverty and violenco come to Neverland and look at a giraffe and smile and look at an an elephant and smile. Get some free ice cream and just be happy. It just meant a lot to Michael because he was a very good person. But unfortunately when you're that much of a genius, and you're that wealthy, all of the sharks are going to come forward, and when you combine with that a certain level of naivety, a person who just didn't want to be wrapped up in money matters all of the time or legal matters. He wanted to do creative things, he wanted to do humanitarian things. That makes him even more of a target for frivolous lawsuits and frivolous claims" ~ Thomas Mesereau (Michaels advokat)

MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD

 
Vad jag är efter! Ni har säkert hört talas om priset "Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award" som delas ut på Video Music Awards? Inatt delades Justin Timberlake priset. Det är ett pris som delas ut till de artister som har haft inverkan på MTV-kulturen och har varit i branschen en lång tid. Priset är också känt som "Lifetime Achievement Award" och det vet jag ju Michael har vunnit. Kul att de har namngett ett pris efter Michael!!!

THE REAL MEASURE OF CELEBRITY SUCCESS

 
"I've always believed that the real measure of celebrity success is not just how famous he becomes, but what he does with that fame and fortune."

DAGENS BILD

HITTING ON MICHAEL?

 
Haha, tack för tipset Anja!

SKELETTEFFEKTERNA I "GHOSTS"

FAKTA #24

 
Michael räddade Bubbles från en cancerforskningsklinik i Texas.

SOMEDAY

 
"I really do wish people could understand me someday."

MED FANS

DAGENS BILD

AL SHARPTON TILL MICHAELS BARN

BIEBER HADE INTE RÄTT TILL LÅTEN

 
@MJonlineTeam skrev detta på Twitter för cirka 2 timmar sedan:
 
"For those who have been asking about the recently posted recording of “Slave 2 The Rhythm” by Michael and Justin Bieber, this recording was not authorized. We can assure you that the Estate is quite upset about the leak and is doing everything in its power to get the song removed from as many sites and YouTube channels as possible"
 
Så det verkar som om Justin Bieber inte alls fick göra någon inspelning av "Slave to the rhythm". Det betyder att den aldrig kommer släppas officiellt. Jaaaa! Jag är så glad just nu, haha.
 
Jag tycker helt enkelt att det vore fel att ta en annan artists osläppta låt och göra sin grej med den utan ägarens tillåtelse. Dessutom vet vi alla att MJ var en perfektionist och aldrig skulle släppa en låt som han själv inte slitit med i timtal tills han själv blev nöjd. En person hade skrivit en jättebra jämförelse att om vi hittade en ofärdig målning av Leonardo Da Vinci – skulle vi då färdigställa den åt honom? NEJ. För ingen annan än artisten själv kan göra den rättvis. Jag tyckte det var så bra sagt.
 
Michaels "Slave to the rhythm" är så mycket mer originell och unik.
 
(Dessutom har Michael en gång sagt "I don't like remixes. I don't like it when they come in and change my song.")

MICHAELS VÄNNER TALAR OM MJ

 
 

SHOUT

 
"Shout" skulle hamna på Invincible, men låten byttes ut av "You are my life". Dock är låten med på B-sidan av singeln "Cry" tillsammans med "Streetwalker".

QUINCY PÅ P4

 
Jag tipsar om en intervju med Quincy Jones på Sveriges Radio. Han börjar tala om Michael kring 13:24, men lyssna gärna på hela.

"HEAL THE WORLD" BACKSTAGE

 
Jag har alltid undrat vad han gör när han går backstage under "Heal the world". ;)

WEHEARTIT

FAKTA #23

 
Michael bar band runt sin arm i symboliskt syfte för lidande barn runt världen.

KENNY ORTEGA OM MICHAELS STORA HJÄRTA

ETT KLIPP MED KATHERINE MOT AEG

SHARON OSBOURNE OM RÄTTEGÅNGEN MOT AEG

 
Ju mer jag hör om hur AEG reagerade och hur de inte reagerade så tycker jag att de ska stå ansvariga till viss del för Michaels bortgång. De anställde Murray som Michaels doktor och de visste att Michael inte mådde bra och brydde sig inte.

DEBBIE CRIES ABOUT PARIS

 
Paris Jackson lost her soul when her father died ... so said Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe on the stand today, breaking down into tears.
 
Debbie was testified for AEG in the wrongful death lawsuit Thursday, when the subject turned to MJ's 15-year-old daughter and her recent suicide attempt. Debbie said she had been in touch with Paris every day until June 5, when paramedics were called to the Jackson mansion in Calabasas after Paris downed a bunch of Motrin and cut herself with a butcher's knife.
 
Debbie said Paris had been 'devastaded' by her father's death and that's what caused the suicide attempt. Debbie added, "She tried to kill herself ... She has no life. She doesn't feel she has a life anymore."
 
Paris is currently at an undisclosed residential treatment center outside California.
 
Källa: TMZ.

DAGENS BILD

MED OLIVER TWISTS ROLLBESÄTTNING

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LEAVE THEM ALONE

 
"Before Michael could walk, he was feeling the beat. Michael told me that his mother, Katherine, recalls him imitating the oscillating movements of the washing machine when he was a small child.
 
Michael had taught himself to dance in Florsheims, and in his mind he feared that if he tried to dance in anything else, he would lose the magic in his steps.
 
'These are the shoes that my family could afford and what I learned to dance in,' he went on to tell me. 'I don't care what you do to my clothes, just don't touch my shoes. These are my dance shoes. I love my shoes. Leave them alone'."
 
~ Michael Bush (kostymdesigner/stylist)

CRESCENDO

DAGENS BILD

VAD ETT FAN PÅ TUMBLR HAR SKRIVIT

 
"The situation with Bieber is deeper than people think. It's not just about him or the song. It's about the fact that people won't let Michael be.
 
People are buying his clothes, wanting to buy his home/park, making ridiculous claims against him, and now we have this to top it all off.
 
Why can't people just let his legacy live on, untouched. That is all I ask."

SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM

 
"Slave to the rhythm" är en osläppt låt av Michael Jackson, som spelades in 1998 och som läckte 2010 till allmänheten. Nu har Justin Bieber gjort en duett av låten med sig själv och Michael. Jag läste kommentarerna på YouTube och det var många bråk mellan MJ-fansen och Bieber-fansen. Bieber-fansen säger att Michaels familj gav honom rättigheterna till låten, vilket inte är bekräftat. Andra Bieber-fans säger att Justin Bieber köpte låten av Michaels egendom, vilket inte heller är bekräftat.
 
Michaels estate har dock skrivit följande: "Hello there, for those who have been asking about the recently posted recording of "Slave 2 the rhythm" by Michael and Justin Bieber, this recording was not authorized and has been taken down. Best, The MJ Online Team."
 
Detta säger inte mycket. Vi vet inte om Justin Bieber kommer släppa låten officiellt i framtiden, eller om låten bara var en kul grej från Biebers sida att göra en duett med MJ vilken sedan råkades läcka ut(?).
 
Jag vet inte vad ni tycker, men jag tycker inte detta känns rätt. Jag hoppas att låten bara är en kul grej från Justins sida och att den aldrig kommer släppas officiellt. Det känns bara väldigt fel att göra en duett med en annan artist som har gått bort och vars låt som var hans egen. Nu låter jag väldigt sansad, men jag är väldigt känslosam om detta... Jag vill bara få veta mer information, om vad som kommer att hända. Den här låten känns inte äkta. Men om det verkligen är Michaels familj som gav bort den (vilket jag tvivlar starkt på eftersom de har egentligen ingen tillgång till Michaels låtar förutom Michaels estate) så tycker jag det är okej, eftersom Michaels familj är Michaels familj och de känner MJ mest.

NEVER

 
"My passion for music has never stopped."

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST 1993

 
Kärlek till Elizabeth Taylor för att vara en sådan underbar vän till Michael genom så många år. Hör ni när Michael säger "I'm so embarrassed" vid 2:37? Så stor, men ändå så ödmjuk. <3

MCCARTNEY FÅR TILLBAKA BEATLES RÄTTIGHETER

 
Paul McCartney, 71, får tillbaka rättigheterna till Beatles musik-katalog. Men inte förrän 2026, skriver Sun.
 
1985 köpte Michael Jackson rättigheterna framför näsan på ex-Beatlen och de blev bittra fiender. Men enligt USA:s upphovsrättslagstiftning som gäller alla låtar skrivna före 1978, så tillfaller musikrättigheterna låtskrivaren efter 56 år.
 
Så 2018 kommer rättigheterna till Beatles låtar att återigen börja tillfalla Paul McCartney en efter en. Först 2026 kommer merparten av låtskatten att åter vara i McCartneys ägo. Enligt Sun kan det innebära ett tillskott på 4,2 miljarder kronor för honom.
 
Källa: Aftonbladet.
 
("Bittra fiender" är överdrivet.)

DAGENS BILD

 
Michael och Paris.

THE CREATIVE PROCESS

 
"The creative process doesn't involve time clocks or quota systems; it involves inspiration and the willingness to follow through."

BE YOURSELF

FAVORITE SOUL/R&B SINGLE 1993

 
Toppkommentaren på YouTube:
 
"I don't know whether anyone else agrees with me, despite his awesome heavenly sexiness, his eyes are so magnetic, there are something about his eyes that speak of so much kindness compassion friendliness acceptance tolerance and love softness a quiet dignified power and it makes him more sexy....ahh michael ...."

I MJ-KLÄDER

SERIOUS EFFECT

 
"Serious effect" är en låt som var tänkt till Dangerous men inte valdes i slutändan. Rapparen är LL Cool J, som tycker att hans bästa erfarenhet i musikbranschen är att ha fått jobba med MJ.

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SÅNGSYMBOLER

     
     
     

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THEY HAVE TO BE

 
"Sometimes the most sensitive people are the toughest. They have to be. Michael's made it far without compromising his integrity, and after all, that's almost an impossibility, considering how the effects of his success have to be a constant assault of his awareness." ~ John Travolta

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH 1995

SISTA AUTOGRAFEN

 
Den sista autografen Michael skrev. 24 juni 2009.

FAKTA #22

 
Michael brukade dela ut 100-dollars-sedlar till främlingar när han kände för det. (Enligt brorsonen och Katherine)

DAGENS BILD

UNBREAKABLE

 
Now I'm just wonder why you think that you can get to me with anything. Seems like you'd know by now when and how I get down and with all that I've been through, I'm still around.
 
Don't you ever make no mistake, baby, I've got what it takes. And there's no way you'll ever get to me. Why can't you see that you'll never ever hurt me? 'Cause I won't let it be. See I'm too much for you baby. Now you can't stop me, even though you think that if you block me you've done your thing. And when you bury me underneath all your pain, I'm steady laughin', while surfacing.
 
You can try to stop me, but it won't do a thing. No matter what you do, I'm still gonna be here. Through all your lies and silly games, I'm a still remain the same, I'm unbreakable.
 
You can't believe it, you can't conceive it. And you can't touch me, 'cause I'm untouchable. And I know you hate it, and you can't take it. You'll never break me, 'cause I'm unbreakable.

REHEARSAL SNIPPETS

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DAGENS BILD

IMAGINE WHAT IS POSSIBLE

 
"I look at things and try to imagine what is possible
and then hope to surpass those boundaries."

EN LITEN ANTECKNING

 
Det här är en anteckning av Michael om vad Blanket hade sagt – han ville väl komma ihåg det.
 
"Words of Blanket my son 6 years young. 'What's your favourite letter Daddy? Mine is 'G' for God and 'D' for Daddy.' Age 6. Blanket."
 
Och det faktum att han skrev "6 years young" och inte "6 years old"... Aw.

WORLD WAR Z

 
Under sin lediga tid har rollbesättningen av World War Z återskapat dansen från "Thriller". Ovan ser ni Brad Pitt med ett MJ-linne. Han har sagt att han ska visa videon när den rätta tiden är inne: "I'm going to show people one day, it's pretty special. You know, it was more than we were working long nights there. We were up all night, so you need a little light-heartedness." Kul!

"FAN GIVES MICHAEL A PAINTING"

BEAUTY

TRICK MIRRORS

 
"I had been letting so mich build up inside me. I was twenty-one years old, and I was so rich in some experiences while being poor in moments of true joy. Sometimes I imagine that my life experiences is like an image in one of those trick mirrors in the circus, fat in one part and thin to the point of disappearing in another."

VET FOLK RUNT DIG ATT DU GILLAR MJ?

 
Anonym: Vet folk runt dig att du gillar MJ?
 
O ja, haha. :) Jag är egentligen inte så öppen om att jag gillar honom; jag är inte den som bär MJ-tröjor och har ett MJ-Iphone-skal och så där. Men min familj och mina kompisar vet väl om det, och många bekanta vet nog att jag är tjejen som gillar MJ och som skulle ha sett honom live. Ingen av mina kompisar är intresserade i Michael, de är galna efter Justin Bieber och One Direction, så jag har ingen förutom min syster som är snäll och lyssnar när jag måste få ur mig nånting om honom, haha, och det älskar jag henne för.

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Det här är så gulligt! Han blir så glad.

FAKTA #21

 
En gång ställde Freddie Mercury in en duett med Michael under 80-talet eftersom Michael insisterade att ta med sin lama till studion.

WE'RE VERY HAPPY FOR YOU

 
"Your faith in God and adherence to traditional values are in inspiration to all of us. You've gained quite a number of fans along the road since 'I want you back' and Nancy and I are among them. Keep up the good work, Michael. We've very happy for you." ~ President Ronald Reagan

REDONE OM SINA MÖTEN MED JACKSON

 
RedOne umgicks med Michael Jackson tiden före hans död. I "Sommar" i P1 berättar han om sina möten med King of Pop.
– Han mådde jättebra, säger han.
 
Nadir "RedOne" Khayat, 41, säger att han inte längre blir så imponerad av de stora stjärnorna. Men det finns några undantag. I "Sommar" i P1 räknar ha upp mötena med då han verkligen blivit star struck: Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones och Michael Jackson.
– En kort tid innan Michael gick bort tyckte vår gemensamma advokat att det var en bra idé att vi skulle jobba ihop.
 
Producenten och popstjärnan inledde ett samarbete vilket innebar att RedOne blev inbjuden till Michaels hem i Las Vegas och Beverly Hills.
– Jag minns att han sa att han ville komma till Marocko och smaka på min mammas mat, säger han.
– Han mådde jättebra. Han var verkligen inställd på att göra ny musik och släppa en ny platta.
 
RedOne avslöjar också Jacksons knep för att sänka förväntningarna inför sina kommande album.
– Han berättade att han inför varje skivsläpp på frågorna "Hur går det med nya skivan? Hur ska du följa upp succén?" svarade "Ah, det går så där... Vi har haft en del problem".
"Och sen" sa Jackson:
– "Hit them hard".
 
Källa: Aftonbladet.

VOTE FOR MIKE

 
Nu kunde jag göra en "like" igen på MostFamousPerson. Rösta på Mike!

ORCHESTRA

 
"Deep inside I feel that whis world we live in is really a big, huge, monumental symphonic orchestra. I believe that in its primordial form, all of creation is sound and that it's not just random sound, that it's music."

"SMOOTH CRIMINAL" REHEARSAL 1988

SHARES SIMILAR FEELINGS

 
Stevie Wonder apparently shares similar feelings, judging by some of his musical messages.
 
That's why I love Stevie Wonder's biggest-selling album called Songs in the Key of Life. He has a song on that album called "Black Man"... I just jumped up screaming when I heard that record because he's showing the world what the Black man has done and what other races have done, and he balanced in beautifully by putting other races in there, what they have done. Then he brings out what the Black man has done. Instead of naming it another thing, he named it "Black man". That's what I love about it. And that's the best way to bring about the truth, through song. And that's what I love about it.

BETYGEN I NIAN

 
Här är en bild på Michaels betyg från USA:s nionde årskurs. De två högsta betygen i allt. Tack för tipset, Eva!

DAGENS BILD

JACKSONS LÄKARE SNART PÅ FRI FOT

 
Conray Murray, läkaren som dömdes till fängelse för Michael Jacksons död, är fri om tre månader, skriver Contactmusic. Det innebär att fängelsetiden blev knappt hälften av de fyra år som Murray dömdes till.
 
Anledningen till det tidiga frigivandet uppges vara att läkaren har agerat exemplariskt under sin tid i fängelset, som ligger i Los Angeles.
– Det är inte rätt att jag aldrig kommer få se min son igen, medan hans mamma får se honom, säger Michael Jacksons 83-åriga mor, Katherine Jackson, om beslutet.
Hon uppges vara rasande över beslutet.
– Att han blir frisläppt efter två år är en förolämpning. (Familjen Jackson) tycker fortfarande att han skulle ha prövats för mord, säger en uppgiftslämnare till Mirror.
 
Conrad Murray dömdes 2011 för att ha skrivit ut en dos av medicinen Propofol som ledde till Michael Jacksons död. Han får nu lämna fängelset den 28 oktober.
 
Källa: Aftonbladet.

DAGENS BILD

 
Här om ni vill ha bilden i större format.

ABLE TO WALK AROUND FREELY?

 
Do you think you will ever be able to walk around freely just as yourself?
 
I do disguieses for different reasons. I like to study people – be like the fly on the wall. Even if it's two old ladies sitting on a bench or some kids on a swing. Because I don't know what it's like to fit in an everyday life situation. One time I was in a record store, completely disguised, and these girls were pulling out my album, talking all about me. I was literally next to them. It was wonderful. I loved it. But if I go out as myself, I can't have fun. People always say, "Why don't we just go to a party?" Soon as I step in, the party's over – for me. It's a party for them, but they are all putting their cards on my face, saying, "Remember me? I met you four years ago..." and I say, "I don't remember." So I can't enjoy the experience. They play all my songs. I didn't come to hear my music. And everybody starts chanting "Dance!". Well, I want to se YOU dance for a change.

JUST SMILE

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NEVER CAME DOWN

 
"Michael Jackson went into orbit and never came down." ~ Berry Gordy

PUT ON MICHAEL

 

DAGENS BILD

SOMEONE IN THE DARK

 
Ni kan se denna icke-auktoriserade filmen om ni vill. Det är klipp från Michaels liv. Det handlar även mycket om pedofilanklagelserna. Man får till exempel se när Gavin Arvizo ljuger om vad Michael gjorde mot honom, vilket fick mig att vilja stjäla Veritaserum från trollkarlsvärlden, men ack, vi bor tyvärr i mugglarvärlden.
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