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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Benedict Cumberbatch
English actor
With the sun on my face and a beer in my hand, the morning after I had been in a car-jacking in South Africa.
Shirley Hughes
English illustrator and author
Wandering around with my sketchbook in some lovely Italian town.
Neneh Cherry
Swedish singer
Whenever all my children and my grandchild are near.
Keeley Hawes
British actress
I am happiest now.
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A friend named Charles Strobel, who runs the Campus for Human Development in Nashville. It’s a homeless shelter. He lives a life of pure kindness, and he’s a funny guy.
A writer. Always.
Pulling yourself out of a wild ocean and on to a life raft.
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