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I can order sandwiches In over forty languages They sent us out in thunderstorms And sent me home in bandages
Clash, Swan Song, 10 August 2012 source ↗
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Jean-Benoît Dunckel
Musician; one half of Air
'Why me?'
Norman Schwarzkopf
United States Army general; commander of coalition forces in the 1991 Gulf War
He loved his family, and he loved his troops, and they loved him — period.
Damon Gough
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; records as Badly Drawn Boy
My grandfather's epitaph: 'To live in the hearts of those we love is not to die.'
Terry Gilliam
American-born British filmmaker
On my tombstone I want the words, "He giggled in awe."
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View profile →My house by the sea to the sound of ropes pinging against boat masts and gulls on the roof. Instant coffee, white toast and watching The Wright Stuff in bed. It’s my last day! If I haven’t done it yet I don’t want to cram it all in now.
Travelling on a tour bus.
I might have carried on doing The Voice.
There have been things within the Kaiser Chiefs I’ve hated – some corporate gigs that I didn’t feel good doing.
A positive panic attack.
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