Nicholas Parsons
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My wife says the Minute Waltz.
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How close have you come to death?
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Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton.
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Chopin's Romance – Larghetto.
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Pyramid Song, by Radiohead, live.
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Funerals are for the people left behind, so I don’t mind.
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I got run over when I was three. I ran across a road in Manchester and was hit by a car. I only had concussion, but I could have died.
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