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" In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I like it, it doesn't matter if it cost £200 or £2. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Everything
Clothes
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" I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs. "
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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 wrote the worst novel ever. "
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" I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with - there's nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up. "
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" Two premature babies was not a genetic thing; we were just unlucky. "
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