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" The way I relax is I think, 'I haven't got anything coming up.' I like to know there are months ahead when I've got nothing. "

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" There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is not everything. Now we have all the baby-boomers in their 60s, like me, who are actively engaged in life - we're not retiring, we're not just being put out to grass once we hit 60. "

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