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" Shame, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. "

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" I believe, literally, in the God of the Old Testament, whom I understand as the Lord of the Jews and the Protestants. I'm a Christian Zionist, as well as a Christian feminist and a Christian socialist. "

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" It shouldn't come as any surprise that those who choose acting as a profession are phonies who live in a fantasy world. What is surprising is how many of them are blissfully unaware of it. "

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" Covering up, so far as I can see, is often the accompaniment to far more truly shameful behaviour than stripping off. "

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