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When I was 13, I was on a bicycle and got hit by a taxi in New York.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2017 source ↗
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Adam Peaty
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I was on a cliff in Dartmoor, doing a Royal Marine abseil. I fell upside down and thought, “I’m going to die here.”
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Rita Wilson
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Having breast cancer.
Fatima Bhutto
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I don’t know. I prefer it that way.
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Everybody, now and before, who was fleeing for their lives and wasn’t allowed into our country.
When I was about 15, I auditioned to play Alice In Wonderland on Broadway, and they cast someone else. I never got over it.
My children, and my sanity. For a child actor, I think it’s noteworthy.
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