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I cry when I'm happy, I cry when I'm sad. I cried the other night watching some family getting back together on some documentary.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2013 source ↗
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I cried after I won the Booker.
Ralph Steadman
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About five minutes ago; I cry easily.
Over a YouTube clip about animals. "Laboratory animals see sunlight for the first time", or "elephant mourns his best friend the goat". I watch something like that every day and I'm always in pieces.
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Driving home on my own, thinking about the last 18 months, which have been really difficult, and getting back to playing tennis again without any pain in my hip. It was happy crying.
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