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To still be working.
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Sarah Millican
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That I turned a broken heart into a career. That I hit rock bottom and bounced back up a lot higher.
Charles Dance
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To still be working.
Lil Nas X
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I feel like it’s always what I’m about to do.
Kevin Rowland
British singer
The contentment I have now.
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A grandfather clock for my partner’s birthday.
Having no purpose.
To let things go.
As a child playing in my parents’ garden in Birmingham, which they still have, and where my daughters play, swinging on my swing that my dad made for me.
Going through a divorce.
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