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Growing up in the 70s, in the country in England and Ireland.
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David Lynch
Film director, screenwriter and painter
Let's see. Well, kind of every day. Like I said, it doesn't go away - this is a sort of a thing you carry around with you. I like isolation. I've been isolated, you know, for six months or seven months now, however long it's been. At the same time, you can be happy inside and still worried about the world. I'm worried about the world as it is right now, so many people suffering and so much negativity.
Nicholas Parsons
English actor, straight man and presenter
When my children Suzy and Justin were small: I loved watching them grow up, helping and encouraging them.
Watching my sons ski down a mountain for the first time.
Emily Watson
English actress
About half an hour ago, watching through the window as my dad and two-year-old daughter walked to the paper shop together.
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A single-malt whisky.
To fail better next time.
Picking their nose and eating it.
Picking my nose.
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