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My parents really instilled this idea in me of being your own person, almost to the extent that I couldn't do wrong. I'd get a bad grade and they'd be like, No! What you did was great!
Winona Ryder
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Winona Ryder
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 29
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