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I find inspiration everywhere. I love challenges and my favorite thing is to find something ridiculous and be like if it's all that I have available to me, I am gonna make it look the best that I can.
Beth Ditto
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Beth Ditto
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: February 19
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As with most phobias, the fear of flying does make some sense, but if ever there was a fear worth quashing then this is it. After all, life is short, and there's a great big world to explore out there.
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When I moved out of my mom's house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else.
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I was always being told off at school. The teachers would say: 'Everyone's talking, but you're the one I can hear.
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