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That I’ve kept all my friendships with my school friends.
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Not giving up comedy, because it took six or seven years before I started earning a living.
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In 1999, the British Library auctioned off some of its newspaper holdings. My wife and I formed a non-profit and saved more than 20 tons of these irreplaceable bound newspapers, including the last intact run of Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Still to come, I think.
A successful marriage, my third.
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Something tongue-in-cheek: Rescue Me.
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Whole, full, lifted.
The ability to switch off.
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