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I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them

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Keira Knightley
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: March 26
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Keira Christina Knightley
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When I was about 5 I think, I desperately wanted to be a pirate and have the hat and everything.
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