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It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself simply as living my life. . . . I feel it's pushing your luck to define how happy you are.

Francesca Annis

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Francesca Annis
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 14
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