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Driving my convertible over the Bay Bridge when I was 18, listening to Thinking of You by Sister Sledge.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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When Molde won the Norwegian premier league in 2011, the year the club was 100 years old.
Rachel Whiteread
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When my children arrived.
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When I am playing rugby.
Yoko Ono
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When the war was over—whichever war that was.
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Being hard on myself. I don’t want to pass that on to my daughters, so I’m trying to stop.
To a girl we were mean to in first grade.
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