Cybill Shepherd
American actress and former model
Yesterday: my old dog, Kim, has cancer, and I have to let him die now.
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The plastics episode of Blue Planet.
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Getting an honorary ambassadorship from the president of Kosovo in July.
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Watching Big Little Lies season 2. Shailene Woodley made me bawl.
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After the initial travel ban debacle, I wept with joy at all the good people who came out against this fascistic edict.
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Having someone to love.
To my Latin teacher – I was very naughty.
Swimming down the Thames on a full moon night 10 years ago. It was dangerous, but extremely joyful.
At the BBC, in the old days, a piece of paper was sent to various households for them to report on what they’d watched that week. In my early 20s, I collated the data. It was deeply boring.
An actor or a nun.
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