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I like my work, but my life always comes first. I always wanted to have a beautiful life, and the way to do it is in show business.
Marianne Faithfull
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Marianne Faithfull
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 29
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Hampstead Village
Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull
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When you split from someone, it doesn't have to mean that you don't love them anymore, you realize that the period of that particular romance is over. One always has to get out before one gets kicked out.
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Relationships have a nasty habit of reversing themselves whatever has been done to you in a previous involvement you'll do to the next person you're involved with, if you get half a chance.
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If you analyze the bad times you find that it's because you wanted to have a bad time.
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Rebellion is the only thing that keeps you alive!
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I focus on the individual and not seeing this great big monster, the press.
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Never apologize, never explain - didn't we always say that? Well, I haven't and I don't.
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I'm glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
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