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When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul.
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I never like other people to clean for me. I don't want them to invade my own privacy.


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Even as a kid, I saw the world in my own way and thought most things that were different were beautiful and magical. Even things that other people thought were horrifying and disgusting and weird.
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I am well aware that many will say that no one can possibly speak with spirits and angels so long as he lives in the body; and many will say that it is all fancy, others that I relate such things in order to gain credence, and others will make other objections.
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When Jennifer Lawrence says it's 'dumb' to go hungry to make other people happy, she's saying it with the carefree attitude of a woman who probably will never have to make that choice to conform.
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I liked pretending to be other people: I could reinvent myself, reinvent my own reality.


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I am an actress - I am paid to verbalize other people's words, not create my own.


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Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.


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I do sometimes painful things to my body in an effort to conform to culturally imposed beauty ideals.
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