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" I'm not sure why I still think of myself as 28 - maybe that's the point where you start growing up, and then you just feel the same for evermore. "

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" As you get older, you overthink and can talk yourself out of anything. It's good to be a bit reckless and experimental. "

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" I hate diets. Restriction makes me feel rebellious. I find that I look my best when I feel my best, whatever that takes. For me, above all else, it means being around the people I want to be with. "

" I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff. "

" Mum put me in drama classes when I was about 14. I'd been going on about it for some time, so maybe it was a way to shut me up. "

" When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous. "

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" I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28. "

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