Because it’s in one of my songs, War and Peace.
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I’ve never got through Ulysses.
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Niamh Cusack
Irish actress
Ulysses (I’ve only read the good bits).
Pete Rozelle
Commissioner of the National Football League, 1960–1989
There really wasn’t. That’s one thing I kind of regret. I started reading, and became interested in reading very young. But I read sports books. I read sports pages and newspapers. That’s one thing that I would like to have had that I missed, reading more scholarly books than I did. I was so devoted to sports.
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View profile →My younger self, because I was very, very tough on myself.
A few weeks ago, walking on the beach in Anglesey with my dogs and my husband.
To know thyself, as Shakespeare said.
Recently, sending a negative text about a person to that person.
At my mother’s funeral last year.
Warm, intelligent, accommodating.
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