Just a few days ago. I was overtired.
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Paul Giamatti
American actor
Really? We have to keep bringing up the Nobel debacle?
Watching the news. Human life seemed pretty cheap in 2024.
Bill Bryson
American-British author
When the Guardian called me a scaremonger for wanting to preserve London’s green belt.
Mary Berry
English food writer and television presenter
I had a little weep with joy 11 years ago when Thomas and Sarah had their IVF twins, safe and sound and perfect.
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View profile →Yes. Today has been really stressful. We had a workout this morning. It went okay. And then just that five and a half hour wait or something. I was just shaking, could barely nap. I've just never felt like this going into a competition before. And I tried to go out here and have fun. And warm up in the back went a little bit better. But then once I came out here, I was like, "No, mental is not there. So I just need to let the girls do it and focus on myself."
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When you put others before yourself, and you’d do anything for them.
Picking up dog poop at home: my sister and I used to take turns.
The Olympics: all my dreams came true in one place.
Literally can not tell up from down. It's the craziest feeling ever. Not having an inch of control over your body. What's even scarier is since I have no idea where I am in the air, I also have NO idea how I am going to land. Or what I am going to land on. Head/hands/feet back…
My parents: they raised me to be the best I can be.
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