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I think I have a very detailed sense of observation. I am interested in the details of people's lives and what information these details give.

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Julian Fellowes
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: August 17
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Nothing is harder to dramatize than happiness.
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To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.
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When you are desperate to get someone who isn't all that interested in you, you lay siege as hard as you can.
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I can be as contrary as I choose.
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I love 'Sex and the City' I think I've seen every episode.
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Success means your thoughts are worthy of everyones consideration.
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There are many nations that have perfected a particular room. You know, you have the French drawing-room, the Austrian ball room, the German dining room, and I think the library is a room the English get right.
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I mean the truth is, I've always been interested in the whole setup of the old world.
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Leave three Englishmen in a room and they will invent a rule that prevents a fourth joining them.
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Life is a game in which the player must appear ridiculous.
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If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.
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The moment I was introduced to my wife, Emma, at a party I thought, here she is - and 20 minutes later I told her she ought to marry me. She thought I was as mad as a rat. She wouldn't even give me her telephone number - and she wrote in her diary: A funny little man asked me to marry him.
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