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The death of my father in May 1995.
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Julie Delpy
French actress and filmmaker
I cried a few days ago because I couldn't face moving my stuff out of my house because of termites. I cried out of exhaustion from trying to make it so they wouldn't get termite gas on everything, especially my kid's stuff. I cried at the end of the day.
Greg James
British author, broadcaster, comedian, and presenter
Last week. I had quite a bad anxiety attack.
Max Whitlock
English artistic gymnast
At the Olympics, after my floor gold medal.
Noah Harari
Israeli historian and philosopher
When my dog died a couple of years ago. We were in Greece on vacation and a friend was watching her at home, and she was bitten by a snake. We rushed home, but we were too late by a few hours.
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The Buddhist monk Tapa Snim I met in Burma in 2007, all of whose earthly possessions he carried in a small bundle slung on one shoulder.
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