Roger Taylor
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Not getting solo records playlisted on the BBC.
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I spent about five years living in Paris thinking I would become Kristin Scott Thomas, and it didn’t happen.
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Marie Kondo
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In elementary school: I opened my lunchbox and it was empty. I was devastated.
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The day I had to stop playing football five years ago. I realised I couldn’t hack it any more.
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That we've chosen to trash the planet.
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My partner was doing a play in Hong Kong last year and I went to visit him, and I bought him a beautiful teacup. But I didn’t look at the price tag before I took it to the till and it was £100, the most expensive teacup imaginable.
I think we go back into the earth.
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