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The truth is, I've always been wracked with self-loathing and terrible, paralysing depression.

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Shirley Manson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 26
Actor
Feminist
Film Actor
Guitarist
Model
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Edinburgh
Scotland
Shirley Ann Manson
Loathing
Depression
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Truth
Self
Always
Paralysing
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