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Society prizes a girl for being thin more than anything else she might bring to the table.
Arabella Weir
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Arabella Weir
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: December 6
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The real me now may not be thin but she's got the cake and, if she likes, can eat it too.
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I was accorded the opportunity to learn by failing - albeit at the cost of a few honourable teachers' sanity - and now I realise what a rare and incredible luxury that is.
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My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.
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I spent my entire childhood living abroad because of my father's occupation, so we were on long-haul flights all the time.
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Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.
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As an actress and comedienne, I'm a huge fan of he theatre and the Tricycle in Kilburn is my favourite in London. I dragged my kids to a performance of 'Twelfth Night' there, where they handed out pizza. Who knew that all it takes to get children interested in Shakespeare is a snack?
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I wish my parents hadn't made me feel that how I looked was linked to how much they loved me. But I do also see how hard it must be to see your child pile on the pounds and trust they'll find their own way back to a healthy weight.
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