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I'd rather dig a ditch than go to a dinner party with people I don't know.
Marian Keyes
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Marian Keyes
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 10
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Limerick City
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I've never made a secret of the fact that I'd have loved to have children.
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Slasher Hathaway marks his territory by spending money. He might as well have pissed on her. It means nothing.
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I am different when my nails are done. I am more dynamic. I gesticulate more, I am better at scaring my staff. I can indicate impatience by drumming on tabletops and I can wrap up a meeting with a few choice clatters.
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My mother is the best storyteller. And her mother was too.
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