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Holding my two babies, Phoebe and Amber, for the first time.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Don Warrington
British actor
When I lived with my grandmother in Trinidad, before I came to England to live with my mother in Newcastle at the age of seven.
Ronnie Wood
English rock musician
Right now is a pretty good time in my life. I am existing on three-monthly check-ups, but, yeah, I am very grateful.
Brett Anderson
English singer
Right now. It's a beautiful thing to find yourself "the wrong side of 40" and more in love with life than ever. I never tell people this publicly as they wrongly assume the only valid creative state is that of the cliche of the tubercular, tortured artist coughing up blood in his garret.
Bryan Cranston
American actor
Now is pretty damned good.
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Serving bar snacks in a pub in my teens. Once I spilled an entire family’s Sunday lunch into the dad’s lap.
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