Ethan Hawke
Actor, director and novelist
Words like achievement make me want to puke.
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Being able to communicate with people all over the world through my music.
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Edwina Currie
Former British politician, broadcaster and writer
As health minister, I brought in breast and cervical cancer screening. And in 1994 I called the first debate on gay rights for a quarter-century and we got the age of consent down to 18. There are pubs in Brighton where I still can’t pay for a drink.
Yusuf Islam
British musician
Writing songs that can be handed down through generations.
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My life is wonderful – I can’t ask for one more thing.
1 March 1991, when I got back on the stage almost a year after a road accident in our tour bus. I felt like I had climbed Mount Everest. That was euphoric.
When I feel that I am unprepared. Before a show I always have nightmares that I go out on stage naked.
Art. We have some Picassos and Diego Riveras.
Not yet being able to sing in a free Cuba.
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