Robert Peston
British journalist
Maybe I’m Amazed, by Paul McCartney.
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How close have you come to death?
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What most recently made you cry?
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When were you happiest?
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Not one of mine.
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Lena Headey
British actress
Right now, Get Lucky. I'm sure this will change.
Marc Quinn
British painter and sculptor
The Doobie Brothers – I Cheat The Hangman.
Sananda Maitreya
Singer and songwriter
As a native-derived person, we don’t believe in death. Death is a western, fear-based concept. We believe that an eternal spirit is housed into a temporary vehicle, and when that vehicle no longer becomes tenable to inhabit, we just move on. If I had to play music, I’d insist on Beethoven’s Triple Concerto.
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View profile →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.
Yesterday, when Gemma, my wife, played me The End Of Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh when we were driving into Hollywood.
Now. I enjoy what I do for a living, the children are here and I am still happily married after 25 years.
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