“As I get older, I just prefer to knit.”

—  Tracey Ullman

"Q&A: Tracey Ullman" http://www.newsweek.com/newsmakers-127011 (Newsweek, 19 September 2004)

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English-born actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwrite… 1959

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