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I think there are always different times in your life when you go, Oh, god. I wish I were traditionally pretty. My life would be so much easier. But then you get through that, and you go, Well, I'm not.

Sandra Bernhard

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