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When I was five and the doctors walked in and said to my mum: “I am not sure if you will be taking him home.”
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2018 source ↗
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Kate Nash
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I had heart surgery when I was 17. The other time was when I fell off my piano. My head was an inch away from a metal step.
Throat and neck cancer in 2018. They told me six to eight months if it hadn’t been caught.
Jo Nesbø
Norwegian writer and musician
Rock climbing in Oslo. During abseiling, I hadn’t tied a knot at the end of the rope and almost slid out. I saw the end of the rope at the last second, so I stopped abseiling.
Ed Harris
American actor and director
Near head-on collision driving from Oklahoma to California back in the 70s.
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Wanting to share everything.
I try not to have disappointments, because a lot of the bad things that happen in life teach you things.
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