My inability to play the piano.
Rosanna Greenstreet, Q&A, The Guardian, 8 January 2005 source ↗
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Father John Misty
American musician
I bore myself constantly.
Mike Wallace
American journalist
Self-absorption.
Angela Hartnett
English chef
Procrastination.
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View profile →I wish school career advisers were more aware of horticulture. They imagine it's just going out into public parks and pulling weeds up, not a career. But there is garden design, horticultural research, conservation – a whole gamut of angles which are overlooked.
Foolhardiness. I wrote two chapters and a synopsis, sent it off to a publisher, and it sold. That's what emboldened me to continue.
I like moronic jobs like mowing. I like looking back and admiring the stripes I've created on the lawn.
Alan Bennett. He's enormously good company, very funny, generous with his time, frighteningly intelligent - and a Yorkshireman.
I get up at 7am. No radio. No telly. Quiet. I feed the chickens and the cat. Cup of tea. Read the paper. On my own - half an hour just to come round.
Eric Idle’s Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. That’s me, really.
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