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What thought won't let you sleep?Originally asked
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Sandi Toksvig
Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer
Bloody radiator keeps banging. I think it needs air releasing but I don’t have a bleeding key.
Cerys Matthews
Welsh singer-songwriter
Unfinished songs.
Wondering why I can’t sleep.
Jake Shears
Singer and songwriter; co-lead vocalist of Scissor Sisters
Getting older and dying.
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