DC
I am pretty chirpy at the moment.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Mel Giedroyc
British actress and comedian
Yesterday: sun-lounger, back garden, cup of tea, radio on.
Iris Apfel
American interior designer and fashion icon
I try to be happy whenever I can. I don’t fret about what’s past and we don’t know if there will be a future, so I make as much as I can out of what’s here now.
Ed Harris
American actor and director
The day our daughter was born, or maybe fishing on the Colorado river with my wife and brother and his buddy Earl.
Neneh Cherry
Swedish singer
Whenever all my children and my grandchild are near.
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