Another world Quote by Jane Birkin

“I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries.”

Jane Birkin

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My distinguishing feature is the gap between my teeth. I had to wear a brace because my teeth used to stick out like guns…

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I remember being married to John Barry and trying to be the best wife in the world.

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I can't be the only person in the world to have three different husbands, and yet those relationships are never talked about.

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