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Every time an article is written about me or any of my contemporaries who's had the fortune and discipline to look good at a certain age, I am struck by the tone of astonishment, and the certainty that something is being done secretively to beat the devil.

Joan Collins

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Joan Collins
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: May 23
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Of course it's true: the public want to see young people - young people are the people who go to the cinema. It's a sad fact of life, but you've got to accept it and not whine about it.
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The cosmetics industry has much to answer for. It's a multi-million- pound confidence trick based on giving women endless hope, courtesy of overpriced little pots.
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I have a lot of male friends.
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I've three children, three grandchildren, I work, I travel, and I'm very happily married. I'm very satisfied and happy with my life and there really isn't anything I want.
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The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.
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Well I've written four beauty books as well.
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I'm a woman for all seasons. I mix 'n' match, do designer and high street - keep all my good pieces. I design all my evening and cocktail dresses most of the time as I dislike what is out there.
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I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.
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Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.
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Doing 20 minutes of stretching, light weights and floor exercises three times a week takes the same amount of time as a long coffee break - and eating a tuna fish salad, sardines on toast or scrambled eggs is surely preferable to a Big Mac or KFC.
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I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I can't say I would turn my back on fortune. I'm someone who enjoys the benefits of money.
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From the age of 17 I was a pin-up girl. I did it for 30 years and, quite frankly, it gets a bit boring.
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I don't believe in vitamin pills. I swear by men, darling-and as many as possible.
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Life is a predator: you have to eat it before it eats you.
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I have a lot of male friends that I go the cinema with and movie and shopping. A lot of men friends I know love shopping.
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Isn't three quarters of life a guilty pleasure?
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I don't use e-mail I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.
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