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I'm big in Russia, but no one's quite sure why. (Sophie Ellis-Bextor)
I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy. View quote
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Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at home. View quote
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I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly. View quote
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I must confess I knew very little about the trance scene, I'm more house and commercial dance but it was really interesting and different. View quote
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I'm always sticking up for other people. View quote
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When it comes to my family I never quite know how protective I have to be, or what I should or shouldn't say. View quote
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Two premature babies was not a genetic thing; we were just unlucky. View quote
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Also, I think women really come into their own in their 30s. View quote
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Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me. View quote
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I learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular. (Sophie Ellis-Bextor)
There are a lots of clowns in our family - our house is a fun house. View quote
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I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with - there's nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up. View quote
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A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular, freaky one than the one in the in-crowd. View quote
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But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable. View quote
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I do find it a bit disconcerting when your name becomes a brand. View quote
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Yeah, I'm not really a morning person. View quote
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I was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six. View quote
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I've been DJing a little bit, so you get used to the fact that music sounds brilliant when it's loud. View quote
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A good song is a good song whatever your age. View quote
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I had my autograph down by the age of 13. I used to sign it everywhere. (Sophie Ellis-Bextor)
The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating. View quote
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There are a lot of people out there who lie about their age and I think it does us all a disservice. It can't all be over when you hit 30. That would be rubbish. View quote
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Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be. View quote
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The X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry. View quote
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