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None of my actions have ever sort of been motored by the search for a husband or wondering if I was going to have a family someday or wanting to live in a really great house or thinking it would be really great to have a diamond.
Lena Dunham
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Lena Dunham
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: May 13
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