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I've never, ever had people being aggressive to me in public or abusing me, and actually quite a lot of men do say to me, 'You're quite good' - though they can't bear to go, 'You're great.'

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Jo Brand
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 3
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Josephine Grace Brand
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It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.
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By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly honest with you. I know it's a bit of a copout.
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I must be an anorexic because an anorexic looks in the mirror and sees a fat person.
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