Patrisse Khan-Cullors
American artist and activist
In elementary school. I loved learning.
When were you happiest?
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It would be a bad sign if I had a definite answer to that, wouldn't it?
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Fatima Bhutto
Pakistani writer
Today, waking up in the dark hours of the morning with a litter of puppies snoozing on my bed.
Last year, during four days in January, when I directed Rhoda, my second short film, in a tiny house in Camberwell with Juliet Stevenson and Emma D’Arcy.
On a beach, watching my girls do cartwheels, with a Goombay Smash with a floater on top.
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