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" I don't believe in being typecast. If I believed it, it probably would have happened to me. You attract what you make. "
Carrie-Anne Moss
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" My husband jokes that I'll invite people over for dinner and he won't know who they are or where I met them. But in my work world, I've never really been tempted to tell too much of my story. "
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