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When I was really little, I was skinny and people laughed at me for being skinny, so, we all pay our dues for the bodies we're in one way or another. But thank god I haven't needed to alter it to feel good about myself.

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Sandra Bernhard
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 6
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