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At John Fortune's funeral. They played Flanders and Swann's Slow Train ("We won't be meeting again") and my heart broke.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 March 2014 source ↗
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View all 192 →I last shed a tear when my nephew, who is under 10, announced that he was learning the trombone. When I was about the same age and wanted to learn the trumpet, a music teacher said: “The trumpet isn’t for you. You’ve got too-thick lips.”
Martin Sheen
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After the initial travel ban debacle, I wept with joy at all the good people who came out against this fascistic edict.
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Watching Britain's Got Talent.
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My kids wrote a song for me, recorded it on to a CD and it was played before my last Australian Open. I had no idea until I heard it live on TV.
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