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The sensation of never feeling good enough or pretty enough will always be there. It's a constant dialogue, and you just learn to be more powerful than that other voice. When you hear it come up, you shut it down.
Shirley Manson
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Shirley Manson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 26
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Edinburgh
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Shirley Ann Manson
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