FKA twigs Quotes

I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.

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• I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.

  

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