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" I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
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" I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides. "
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" I never manage to get to bed early on Sunday night but this doesn't matter, as I don't know one level of exhaustion from another. "
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" Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and end-all. There are other topics. "
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" My parents separated when I was four. It wasn't the smoothest of divorces, but then as my mother always says, you can't have a passionate marriage without a passionate divorce. "
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" I don't want to sound like an old grandmother but actually it's quite nice when you get up early and then, by the time it gets to 10am, you're quite perky and already quite switched on. "
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