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Snorkelling for an hour with a comically disciplined and curiously attentive squadron of six, fat Caribbean reef squid off Mexico.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Björn Ulvaeus
Swedish musician
If it wasn’t for coronavirus, it would be right now. All my life I’ve felt a pressure to achieve. It’s gone now, and that gives me a sense of freedom. Whenever I, for short moments, forget about corona and climate change, I’m happy.
I can't remember a time when I was happier than now, to be honest – though that's always been the case.
Samuel L Jackson
American actor
When I first got sober, in 1990.
My first payday as a professional actor, knowing this was the beginning of the rest of my life, and the day my daughter told me I wasn’t the worst dad in the world.
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