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When I was three and had meningitis.
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Rick Astley
Singer, songwriter and radio presenter
In the 1990s in New Jersey, being driven to a radio station early one morning. Our driver fell asleep and we were on the other side of a dual carriageway with cars coming at us. We all screamed and banged on the seat, and he woke up and pulled the car back across.
Philippa Perry
Psychotherapist and author
I’m closer today than I was yesterday.
My failed driving test a few months ago. I got three majors and by the end of it the examiner couldn’t wait to get out of the car.
I was stabbed in my 20s. It was a late-night mugging and, while taking my wallet, they stabbed me in my chest.
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I sleep very soundly.
Greta Thunberg. She has reached into the hearts and minds of people all over the world and woken them up to the terrible impact we are having on our planet. What a fascinating force of nature she is.
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