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It’s actually people knowing how fearful I am.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2024 source ↗
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What do you fear most?Originally asked
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Dying too young, and spiders.
Sally Field
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A bumpy flight … or driving with my son Sam, who drives great, but I still can’t believe he’s old enough.
Dying when my children are still young. I know how much it hurt me. I was 30 when my mum died and 39 when my dad died, and even then, that was too young.
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As vital as breathing.
At King’s College hospital when I was 16; the job was putting hundreds of pieces of A4 paper into A4 transparent envelopes. I lasted one day.
The different areas of global catastrophe.
Being torn to shreds by a very elderly woman for driving badly on the Isle of Man, maybe 15 years ago. She stopped in the middle of the road and really let me have it.
Still to come, I think.
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