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" Our first visit to the Creature Shop is one of the days I will never, ever forget. There was just so much to see and admire and be gobsmacked by. "
Julie Andrews
See
Will
Admire
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" 'Simeon's Gift' is really - it's about a musician who - in the Middle Ages, who goes out to find his muse. "
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Lucky
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More
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Know
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Week
Fair
Eight
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Long
Introduce
Wonder
" You'd think, of course, it's about the melody - that's a given. But really, I'm no good at singing a song unless it has a good lyric. "
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Melody
Good
Song
" I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it's all about. "
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Love
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Mother
Parents
Sister
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Sound
Things
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Arts
Need
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Rap
Very
Things
" Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside. "
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Looking
Beautiful
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Water
Always
Because
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Too Much
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Person
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Lot
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Sound
Beautiful
Gifts
" In my life, it would probably be giving birth to my daughter. That probably is the most, the thing that moved me the most, was the most memorable, the most wonderful, the most miraculous. I think a lot of women would probably feel that way, too. "
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