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When I'm a brunette, it's four times harder to hail a taxi. Then I go blonde again, and suddenly there are taxis everywhere.
Sally Phillips
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Sally Phillips
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 10
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colonial Hong Kong
Sally Elizabeth Phillips
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