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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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Tom Ellis
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Every time I let my wife drive.
Dan Stevens
English actor
Probably on a Los Angeles freeway.
Suzanne Vega
American singer-songwriter
A death threat at Glastonbury festival in 1989. The police told me not to go on, but I said I had to because I was headlining. So I wore a bullet-proof vest. It seemed unlikely that I would be assassinated, but it was shocking and very stressful.
Shappi Khorsandi
Iranian-born British comedian
I’m convinced heartache almost killed me a few years ago.
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My children, and my sanity. For a child actor, I think it’s noteworthy.
Michelle Obama (not that Barack wouldn’t be right up there). She seems genuinely to enjoy her life and do the best with all the tasks that she sets her mind to.
As a citizen, a person involved in my community.
Everybody, now and before, who was fleeing for their lives and wasn’t allowed into our country.
Now. I feel wiser and calmer than I’ve ever been.
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