Tracey Ullman
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On a plane with Meryl Streep in 1984: the engines blew and we had to make an emergency landing.
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On the interstate. Anyone who has driven in the United States will know that you are always very close to death – it is like the wild west on the freeways.
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Kate Nash
British musician
I had heart surgery when I was 17. The other time was when I fell off my piano. My head was an inch away from a metal step.
Always flying: we’ve had flights where the engine’s been on fire; where we’ve nose-dived.
Noah Harari
Israeli historian and philosopher
I was almost run over by a bus when I was 13. And in 1991, in the Gulf war, an Iraqi missile hit close to my house.
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A successful marriage, my third.
Unemployment – I’m an actor.
I’d like my parents to be alive – I miss them.
It’s like arriving somewhere that you’ve always wanted to be.
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