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" With a corset on, you can't breathe properly. "
Mia Wasikowska
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" My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films. "
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" You never choose the way that you're raised, it's just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where you're in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that you've been formed by your surroundings. "
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