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I am happiest right now. Things are going really well – my professional life, my personal life, my family life.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2020 source ↗
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Prue Leith
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In my 40s: I had two children young enough to think their parents wonderful, my business was booming, I was happily married and living in the Cotswolds with a veg garden and ponies in the paddock. Who could not be happy?
Patrisse Khan-Cullors
American artist and activist
In elementary school. I loved learning.
I’m always happiest when I’m with my family.
Jane Asher
English actress and author
The early family skiing holidays – before I’d broken an ankle and Gerald had torn a ligament – were just wonderful.
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To my mum, for never being able to live up to what she would have liked me to be. She always wanted me to be a little princess and I was never going to be that.
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