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" If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child. "
Laura Linney
Need
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" I certainly didn't have a nanny. "
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" The entertainment industry is terrified of silence. "
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" I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable. "
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" I'm lucky because I don't like being in the sun a whole lot, just because the repercussions for me - I feel it, I go very red. "
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