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There’s always an article coming out, saying, ‘The new thing is funny women!’

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Lena Dunham
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: May 13
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I've only recently realized that I have a radically different relationship with my parents than a lot of people.
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I had no clue what anyone was talking about like, you know I don't think I, I don't think any of the depictions of sex were more to me than just like an image of two people's arms rubbing together [when I was eight], I just had no clue.
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When I graduated college I had a series of just humiliating jobs that I couldn't believe I was at.
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I never set out to make any statements about a specific character, I just set out to tell what feels like is a truthful story, a person that you and I might truly encounter.
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You have to move so you don't die. You have to move so your brain doesn't atrophy. You have to move so that you look a little bit like a person that you might want to be. There are a thousand reasons why exercise is important, and I've had to find ways to make it sexy for myself.
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I thought I wanted to be a journalist or a novelist.
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Mine's [fans] a lot of like weird guys in prison. So I don't need to answer them.
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I don't want to get married until all gay people can get married.
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You know, I always think of myself as sort of ready for every criticism.
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I wish that author [ E. L. James] all the success in the world. It's just not for me.
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