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Nurses never tell you what they know. They're hired for their cheeriness and the thickness of their hair. They need to look alive and healthy, to give the patients something to aim for.

Jenny Downham

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Jenny Downham
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
Actor
Author
Film Actor
Novelist
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Needs
Hair
Thickness
Something
Alive
Nurses
Never
Tell
Hired
Give
Patients
Look
Nurse
Looks
Aim
Need
Patient
Giving
Healthy

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