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Like safety, that you've got everything covered; no stress, no fear.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2008 source ↗
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What does love feel like?Originally asked
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Anna Friel
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Warm, comforting, hopeful, inspiring and daft.
Charlotte Church
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A shimmering bioluminescence that lights up each cell.
Abby Wambach
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When you are in love, it's a knowing. It's a knowing like you know your own age, and you know your own family's, like, last name. That's what love feels like.
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Adolescent love feels like exquisite self-indulgence. Long-term love feels like a warm bath that needs a trickle of extra hot water every now and then.
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As an honest man.
To John, a really close friend who died last year. I'd love to see him one more time and say, 'Look, I'm sorry I wasn't around enough during your life.'
Becoming an actor at all, considering my background.
Something by Nick Drake.
All this nonsense in the Middle East. It's hard not to think about it.
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