Richard Wilson
Scottish actor and theatre director
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How close have you come to death?
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When I see videos of animal cruelty.
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Don Warrington
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I am not a great crier.
Andy Murray
British professional tennis player, 2005–2024
Driving home on my own, thinking about the last 18 months, which have been really difficult, and getting back to playing tennis again without any pain in my hip. It was happy crying.
Max Whitlock
English artistic gymnast
At the Olympics, after my floor gold medal.
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How big music companies have treated their artists in the digital age.
He came, he laughed, he left.
The couple in the hotel room next to me.
Skydiving: the parachute got tangled around my legs.
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