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What most recently made you cry?

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Read by field Everyone Arts and letters 172 Politics and public life 4 Business and finance 3 Technology 1 Sport 13
Read by age Any age Before thirty 7 In their thirties 32 In their forties 38 In their fifties 51 In their sixties 31 Seventy and beyond 29
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Bozoma Saint John Marketing executive; former chief marketing officer of Netflix
On Friday: my daughter won her volleyball game and my mom sent me videos, because I couldn’t be there. I cried wishing I’d been there to cheer her on.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2017 source ↗
Bobbi Brown
I teared up when I did a voiceover for my memoir while talking about my mother-in-law, whom I adored and miss so much.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 October 2025 source ↗

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