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Realising that if they were drowning, you’d try to save them.
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Adam Kay
British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former physician
When my cold toes drain the heat from his warm ones, but he doesn’t mind at all and is happy for our tarsal temperatures to meet in the middle.
Like becoming warm after you’ve been cold.
Greg James
British author, broadcaster, comedian, and presenter
An impenetrable team.
Jenna Coleman
English actress
Whole, full, lifted.
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A few years ago in Vermont, when I eloped with Trish to have a civil partnership ceremony.
Catastrophising.
When I was in my 30s and taped myself singing. I always thought I had quite a sweet voice – my voice is terrible, I can’t hold a note.
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