Cybill Shepherd
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To a man whose heart I broke at 17.
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To anyone who gets into my car, because it’s such a mess.
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My ex-wife Caroline, because she found my style of life rather irritating.
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Anybody who met me before I was 30, because I was a drug addict, and all my relationships were experienced through that prism.
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Malala Yousafzai; she’s a wonderful humanitarian.
I did want to be an actor from an early age although I briefly dabbled with the idea of being a vet until I realised you had to stick your hand up a cow’s arse.
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