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Inconsequential things like whether my basketball team, the Portland Trail Blazers, can get it together for the play-offs.
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The sound of nightingales, but it is the most lovely sound. If someone said it was an elf playing a flute, I would believe them.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2016 source ↗
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When I feel that I am unprepared. Before a show I always have nightmares that I go out on stage naked.
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Weirdly, sometimes exhaustion keeps me awake. If I am really tired, I won’t sleep well.
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My wife, Ruth, because she holds the fort, making it possible for me to do what I do.
While tracking wolves in Idaho, we came across a wolf carcass. It was likely the pack had been poisoned in a deliberate act. I am a hunter, but I respect wildlife and I also respect predators.
Right now. I live in the present.
In a helicopter crash in Wyoming in 2005. My cameraman broke his back and both legs; the pilot broke his back. The helicopter didn’t catch fire, so I’m still here today.
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