Michael Flatley
American step dancer
Rhythm patterns from my dance shows.
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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The climate catastrophe.
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Sandi Toksvig
Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer
Bloody radiator keeps banging. I think it needs air releasing but I don’t have a bleeding key.
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Worrying about insomnia.
James Bay
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Everything in my head.
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View profile →Walking in the rainforest with my mother, back in Nicaragua. She loved it, and inspired me to devote much of my life to protecting the environment.
I was brought up Catholic, to believe that marriage is for life. And we failed.
More sleep, less stress.
I sometimes wish I had had the courage to be a politician – but I made the decision to be a human rights defender instead. I realised I cannot be both at the same time, because they may be incompatible.
To my daughter, because she felt that I spent too much time saving other children. I would go to war zones and travel the world for human rights work, and she was missing me.
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