Neil Gaiman
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I’ve never read Proust.
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I’ve never read any Salman Rushdie.
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Pete Rozelle
Commissioner of the National Football League, 1960–1989
There really wasn’t. That’s one thing I kind of regret. I started reading, and became interested in reading very young. But I read sports books. I read sports pages and newspapers. That’s one thing that I would like to have had that I missed, reading more scholarly books than I did. I was so devoted to sports.
I’m not really ashamed, but I haven’t read Lord of the Rings.
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How much my son loves me, particularly considering I’ve had a huge career.
A mix – safety to be yourself, acceptance, a feeling of peace and reliance, but also challenge, whether that’s intellectual or emotional.
When I was in my 20s, I had an uncle who took his own life. I would like a second chance to say: “Hang in there.” My parents were living abroad, and me and my sister were just too young to notice the flags.
Enthusiastic, resilient, empathetic.
I would become fitter younger. Because I would have been hotter younger!
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