"I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.“


-Julie Andrews

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I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.

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