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When there is someone attractive in my bed.
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Worrying about my daughter, worrying about money.
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Nadiya Hussain
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Trying to think of a recipe I’ve forgotten. I keep a notebook by my bed now.
Robert Bathurst
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Rats scurrying in the roof. I won the last war but it’s only a matter of time.
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Climate change. That is the single most important calamity in the making that I obsess over.
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Having a massage every week.
When I was little, I took a bunch of pills out of the cabinet because I was bored, when I was supposed to be taking a nap. I had to have my stomach pumped.
My parents: I’m sorry I didn’t spend more time with them.
I wouldn’t care so much what people thought.
As a generous soul.
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