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Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that bothers me.

Shirley Manson

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Shirley Manson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 26
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Edinburgh
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