Stephen Merchant
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Is That All There Is? by Peggy Lee.
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Hey Ya, by OutKast.
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I am going straight to cremation like David Bowie, so there would be no funeral.
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Something by Leonard Cohen, I haven’t figured out which song yet.
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A hymn called The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended.
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In the orange blossom-filled streets of Seville, snogging on a park bench.
Realising I was never going to make it big in professional swing dance.
I can’t deal with any level of stress.
I have a deep-rooted fear of being in trouble. I once tried to sneak into the back of a photography exhibition with my husband when one of our kids was in a pushchair. We’d arrived late and he suggested we go in through the gift shop and see the last room. As we poked our heads round the door, the security guard noticed us. I shouted, “That man’s trying to get in!”, then ran away.
A sense of optimism.
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