Edwina Currie
Former British politician, broadcaster and writer
I am happy now.
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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I took Nicole out to dinner for the first time on 19 October, 1991. After that, everything changed.
Rob McGibbon, The Definite Article, Rob McGibbon, 27 August 2011 source ↗
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When my daughters were delivered safely.
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When I am working on something I really like, or when I am alone with my son playing in the garden.
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When I was a kid, I ran everywhere, pretending I was in the Olympics, and would always sprint the last 20 yards home to win gold.
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I don’t think I am either as ruthlessly selfish as I was then, but I think that unhappiness made me terribly terribly selfish.
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