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'As Tears Go By'.
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James Yorkston
Folk musician, singer-songwriter and author
Hear lies James He had six names Wright Yorkston Jackson Paul Patrick James
Philip Oakey
Singer and songwriter; frontman of the Human League
'Citizen. One of 6.5 billion.'
Derren Brown
English mentalist and illusionist
Ideally, a nice guy. Someone kind. I can't think of a finer epitaph.
David Vélez
Co-founder and chief executive of Nubank
The simplicity and yet profoundness of the above logic leads us to conclude that for us the most natural and truthful path is to invest this wealth until "our last check bounces", as one of our personal heroes, Chuck Feeney, likes to say.
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I’d like to see all my friends. I would have my breakfast and then I would go to Ireland and see my friends – Frank McGuinness, Penny and Desmond Guinness…all those people. I would have lunch in the castle with Penny and Desmond and maybe some other people, then in the afternoon I would go to New York and do the same thing.
Right now, PJ Harvey.
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