Benedict Cumberbatch
English actor
With the sun on my face and a beer in my hand, the morning after I had been in a car-jacking in South Africa.
When were you happiest?
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Can't quantify – I am often happy.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2009 source ↗
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The delivery room when my children and grandchildren were born.
Lance Black
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The most unabashed joy I’ve ever felt was that first 24 hours of magic after our son was born in California last June.
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