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Back When I Was Very Small, And We Had This Bathroom With These Sort Of Paneled Mirrors On The Side. And I Would Just Sit There - Because It Was The Only Warm Room In The House. And I Would - If I Was In A Bad Place - I Would Go To My Imaginary Place With These Mirrors, And Create This Entire Other World To Sort Of Help Level Out What I Was Dealing With.

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Back When I Was

Sandra Bullock

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Back When I Was Very Small, And We Had This Bathroom With These Sort Of Paneled Mirrors On The Side. And I Would Just Sit There - Because It Was The Only Warm Room In The House. And I Would - If I Was In A Bad Place - I Would Go To My Imaginary Place With These Mirrors, And Create This Entire Other World To Sort Of Help Level Out What I Was Dealing With.

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