Anna Paquin
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My children, because they come with me wherever I go.
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Trying to think of a recipe I’ve forgotten. I keep a notebook by my bed now.
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Poetry. I start getting into a float state, and write stanzas and couplets in the middle of the night.
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Until I got curtains recently, it was the orange street light.
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Threat of nuclear war, Iran/US situation, Syria, everything. I take sleeping pills.
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View profile →A very expensive dehydrator (it cost £30). I’ve made raisins, banana chips and apple chips with it so far. It’s so addictive, I’ll probably start drying my kids soon.
When somebody runs you a bath and orders a takeaway after a long day.
Last week, when I dropped a mug on my foot.
My little sister Yasmin. She’s got congenital heart disease, but continues to smile regardless.
My children’s births, and when I won the Bake Off.
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