A net positive from my time on Earth.
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As a good father.
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Sonny Rollins
Jazz tenor saxophonist and composer
I hope so, yes! The thing is that my spiritual leanings don’t accept what we would call life and death… We don’t believe in that. There is no end! There is no dying. We’re here forever! Even though your body turns to dust like everything else in this world, your soul is going to continue on. Even though I’m not able to perform music anymore, I’m still here as a human being, my soul will still be here when I’m gone — so every day I’m trying to be a good human being. And I guess whatever I accomplish in that sense will turn into the legacy of Sonny Rollins.
Daniel Mays
British actor
As an everyman who could act a bit.
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My penny farthing. It was £1,200. I’ve ridden it to Buckingham Palace and back.
To be able to cycle from my home in Chiswick [west London] to the centre of London on a fully segregated lane.
Joy and frustration.
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