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I think that I am a compulsive person, but now I'm learning to put those compulsions into healthy things.
Michelle Pfeiffer
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Michelle Pfeiffer
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: April 29
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Beauty Pageant Contestant
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Santa Ana
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Michelle Marie Pfeiffer
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