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I am happy most of the time.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 November 2011 source ↗
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Florence Welch
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Either pottering around on my own or performing, so I don’t know what kind of person that makes me.
Chris Addison
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It would be a bad sign if I had a definite answer to that, wouldn't it?
Cressida Cowell
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Watching my children play together for hours when they were very young.
Julie Andrews
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In London. When Blake [Edwards, her husband since 1969] made me laugh so much I wept. Blake says I slept with a smile.
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