Gary Numan
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I was an air display pilot for 15 years, and watched most of my friends die in crashes. When the children came along, I got out of it.
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Being charged by a white rhino on a walking safari. It came running towards us and I froze, which is the right thing to do. If it had hit us, it would have been goodnight.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2019 source ↗
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Joanne Froggatt
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I was in a car crash when I was 16, and I have a little scar on my face from smashing the passenger window with my head. If the car had rolled, I would have been dead.
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In dreams, but that’s about it.
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Childbirth. And the wheel of our camper van coming clean off on the M1.
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With no shoes on in the African bush with my family.
A pilot or a ranger in the bush.
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Cars. I’ve got a Tesla at the moment.
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