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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Gino D'Acampo
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I am always very happy in Sardinia with my family; I spend at least six months of the year there. Six months working and six months relaxing – I think that is a great balance.
Rory Bremner
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Making Bremner, Bird And Fortune: fulfilled at work, happy at home with two young children.
Greta Scacchi
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Now. When I see my two children enjoying each other's company.
Daniel Clowes
American cartoonist and writer
Probably in the past few years, though maybe it's just some mid-life hormonal surge.
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