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When I heard John Noakes had died.
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Suzi Quatro
American-British rock musician
Watching Gone With The Wind for the 100th time.
On the way here, because I was late.
At a function for the True Colors Fund, where formerly homeless gay and transgender kids were telling their stories. It was heartbreaking.
John Grisham
American writer and lawyer
When my mom died, on 18 January this year.
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A 12-hour nightshift at a toy factory in Southend.
My older sister, Jeanne. We fought when we were kids, but she is so entirely capable.
For a while I wanted to be a policewoman, but I didn’t have five O-levels.
When I was doing my gold swimming badge. I had to get undressed in a swimming pool and had forgotten my gym kit, so the teacher gave me a kit two sizes too small. In the water, I got my arms up over my head to get the shirt off and they locked. I sank to the bottom of the pool and sat there until a girl jumped in and dragged me back up again.
I’d have made more of my education.
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