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A review that said I had the charm of a hamster.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗
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What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you?Originally asked
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We’ve run out of champagne.
Craig Charles
English actor
I was born in 1964, in the most working-class area of Liverpool, so the N-word was bandied around a lot.
I’ve heard it all: too fat, too short, no talent. Those are the things that cut me deep when I was younger, but now they drive me.
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Yesterday: my old dog, Kim, has cancer, and I have to let him die now.
To a man whose heart I broke at 17.
Acting like the good little girl.
Glenn Miller's A String Of Pearls.
Dying in a plane crash and having somebody else get top billing.
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