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" Fantasy is uni-age. You can start it in the creche, and it follows you to death. "

Terry Pratchett

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" I think I would like to go into modelling. Of course, I don't know how to do it, and wouldn't be any good at it if I did, so I'm going to employ someone to walk the catwalks on my behalf. It would still be me, of course. "

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