I think of myself as being a bit of a wimp deep down

Helen Mirren
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I think of myself as being a bit of a wimp deep down - a bourgeois wimp - and I'm fighting that. I think all Brits are, maybe. ✨ Deep down, I'm a wimp by Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2002.
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I think of myself as being a bit of a wimp deep down - a bourgeois wimp - and I'm fighting that. I think all Brits are, maybe. ✨ Deep down, I'm a wimp by Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2002.

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