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When Adèle walked down the road at the end of the film Blue Is The Warmest Colour.
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Carlos Acosta
Cuban ballet dancer
A few nights ago I was crying in my sleep, dreaming of my dead parents.
I play Classic FM in the car – emotional music brings me to tears thinking about people I’ve loved and lost.
Rory Kinnear
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Last week I saw a moorhen feeding her chicks, and became overwhelmed by the miracle of parenthood and maternal sacrifice. And I hadn’t even been drinking.
I cried recently, thinking about my late wife.
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Absence of lower back pain.
During my Queensland childhood, on the days when I avoided the chlorine-infused shower gauntlet and being corralled into the deep end of the school pool.
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