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Downton Abbey fans for ruining Christmas in 2012.
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A couple of ex-boyfriends.
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Any fashion designer whose clothes on me must have made them weep.
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My parents: I’m sorry I didn’t spend more time with them.
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Like somebody’s painted the world a different colour.
Probably on a Los Angeles freeway.
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