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For me, love is working through things when it’s not going well.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗
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It is obsessive, it is glorious, it is everything that we’re put on this Earth to feel, all at once.
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It’s a calm and secure feeling of deep loyalty.
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Going back to addiction.
On holiday in Orlando with my wife, Kate, and kids just before lockdown. I wasn’t drinking or gambling. I was so happy, so at peace with myself – I’d been searching for that for many a year.
That materialistic things will not make you happy.
Thirty-odd years ago I bought a black pinstripe suit which I thought was £900. But when I went to pay that was just the jacket – the trousers and waistcoat were extra. I didn’t have the balls to put anything back. I dread to think how much it cost me in the end.
Nothing, because it’s up to me how I feel. I’ve been a millionaire three times and I still wanted to kill myself.
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