I’m monstrously judgmental. It’s like talking to the pope.
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My cold indifference towards discarded friends.
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Impatience. My dad said I was born in a hurry.
My ability to stress myself out.
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Dame Joan Collins. She insists on being happy whatever is going on and, despite being a Tory, is a very caring person.
Running out of Molecule cologne.
I’ve made some terrible remarks about people over the years in the interests of light entertainment, and I regret them all.
My education. Benedictine monks didn’t really prepare me for the life I have lived.
A gig in Chatham.
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