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A full belly and a nice nap.
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Mandy Patinkin
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Love is a religious experience, which then requires me to define religion, which I define as everything I don’t understand.
Like you’ve got no other thought in your head.
It’s like arriving somewhere that you’ve always wanted to be.
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The ability to walk in high heels.
Getting a daily show on Radio 2, because that was an ambition for so long.
For making people’s journeys on the M6 a bit easier.
Modelling in South Korea, aged 19. After a party, I flopped into bed, lit a big candle and balanced it on top of a massive box of matches. I created my own firework display when the candle burnt down and set fire to it. It made the biggest noise ever which, luckily, woke me from my slightly boozy slumber.
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