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Happiness is the target one only has to aim at in order to miss.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2013 source ↗
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Patricia Hodge
English actress
In the minutes, hours, days and weeks after having my children. I was 42 and 45. There’s nothing like new life.
Recently, as people began to understand what I am trying to do in my painting.
August 16, 1985. My dad took me and my brothers Andre and Tony to see the Fresh Fest at the Nassau Coliseum, on Long Island. We saw Whodini, the Fat Boys, and Grandmaster Flash. Greatest day of my life. The births of my children were big days, too, but billions of people have children—only 15,000 people saw that show.
Richard Hawley
English musician
I've often reached the dizzying heights of ecstasy holding a pint of frothy seasonal ale in Fagan's pub, chatting away with Tom the landlord.
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