I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy.
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Ann Bancroft Quote
“Film critics said I gave a voice to the fear we all have: that we'll reach a certain point in our lives, look around and realize that all the things we said we'd do and become will never come to be - and that we're ordinary.”
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