Meg Rosoff
American novelist
Reasons To Be Cheerful, by Ian Dury.
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I don’t like to think about that.
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Gavin Rossdale
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Sid Vicious doing My Way.
Sara Pascoe
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Nothing – I don’t like music. I want my funeral to be uncomfortably quiet.
Fatima Bhutto
Pakistani writer
We don’t play songs at funerals where I’m from, but if they had to – Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean.
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View profile →Not understanding the business side of my career enough. I could have probably been much wealthier than I am.
My wife. I made mistakes in my early life and hurt her. Everybody thinks the grass is greener, but it’s not. To say sorry to her when she understands will be one of the greatest gifts God has given me.
I just did it. I wanted to lose weight and respect my body more, and I’ve lost 31 pounds in three months.
I have to say I am an easy sob. I don’t mind, because there’s no harm in having a big man cry.
A saxophonist, but destiny chose another path for me, and I’m glad it happened that way.
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