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Ever since I was a small child, Ive had this feeling - its in my nature, and so its not even pretentious - that if everyones going one way, I will go the other, just by some kind of spirit of defiance.

Charlotte Rampling

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Charlotte Rampling
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: February 5
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