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I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already.

Helen Fielding

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Helen Fielding
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 19
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Exes should never, never go out with or marry other people but should remain celibate to the end of their days in order to provide you with a mental fallback position.
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I like you very much. Just as you are.
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You see, things being good has nothing to do with how you feel outside, it is all to do with how you are inside.
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When Bridget [Jones] does finally get pregnant, she 's bound to mess it up, but what I tried to show is the importance of love and kindness rather than perfection, and the importance of support from friends who help you to laugh at your mistakes and pick yourself up afterwards.
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