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If I hear the word 'retire,' it makes me want to throw up. And then do what? Sit around all day watching television?
Joan Collins
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Joan Collins
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: May 23
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Joan Henrietta Collins
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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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I have girlfriends who've had Botox and been left with lumps in their faces. And the lips, don't even get me started.
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Every woman should wear make-up. It takes years off. I'm wearing lots of false eyelashes today, and to me, lipstick is the best cosmetic that exists.
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I've always maintained that there is a very fine line between a daring, sexy older woman and mutton dressed as lamb.
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I think, Larry, one of the things is I'm a very active person.
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