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" It pleases me that people can be interactive. "
Tracey Emin
People
Me
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" People try constantly to use me, and I hate it. "
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" I know I'm supposed to say ageing doesn't bother me, then suddenly you're like, 'Yeah, I care about it, I really worry about it. I'm getting old. I'm old!' "
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" There's different kinds of love, and I'd never experienced that kind of totally platonic love. All the love I've experienced has always been a kind of deal, and now, as I get older, I realise that there's this other love out there. "
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