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" It's great to be queen! "

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" I learned quite early on in life that we are all two people. And one of those people none of us will ever know. "

" The whole 'R' rating depends on a strange sort of fantasy land where all adults are responsible people, and children only ever go to the cinema with their parents. "

" There's no good way to waste your time. Wasting time is just wasting time. "

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" I drink just as much tea when I'm in Los Angeles as I do when I'm in London. I take my tea bags with me wherever I go. "

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" I am British. I love Britain for all its faults and all its virtues. My husband is American and I am largely based in Los Angeles, but whenever someone asks me where home is, I automatically say 'London.' "

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" I am so happy that I didn't have children. Well, you know, because I've had freedom. And I've so loved my freedom. "

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" I was part of the first generation of girls and women to be educated and go to grammar school even if we didn't have much money. Then that generation went, 'OK, great', and went into medicine or the police, and hit this wall of discrimination from older men who hadn't caught up. "

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