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Worry about being self-employed. Nowadays, I don’t lose sleep over my divorce – I did for about a year.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2019 source ↗
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It used to be worrying about football results.
Kathy Lette
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Worrying about the faux pas I made earlier that evening. I tend to suffer from foot-in-mouth disease.
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My children doing what they’re told.
My mum, because she raised five children. I am raising two and it’s hard work.
A motorbike crash. I broke my shoulder and ribs and was so scared I didn’t ride for two years.
Not that much of a twat.
Not being Bond.
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