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I cry at everything – adverts, Gogglebox, hugging my kids. I love crying: it’s like your pain is laughing.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 June 2016 source ↗
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The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash, or the theme tune to Pointless.
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