What keeps you awake at night?

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Recorded Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said elsewhere, not written here
When we develop blockbuster novel products and the world sits up and takes us seriously, then I would probably sleep peacefully.

Dr. Pritam Singh and Dr. Asha Bhandarker, People Matters, 15 March 2011 source ↗

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Mandy Patinkin American actor and singer
Not being at peace with myself, in spite of an ongoing lifetime effort to try to calm down and accept that, no matter what, I did the best I could.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2019 source ↗
Dawn O'Porter British writer, director, and television presenter
Perimenopausal anxiety, the terrible feeling of impending doom, something awful happening to my children, writing deadlines. Apart from that, I’m quite chilled.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2026 source ↗

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