Lil Nas X
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I feel like it’s always what I’m about to do.
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That my work has given deaf children more confidence in themselves and a sense of ownership of who they are.
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Charles Dance
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To still be working.
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Being dad to my kids and having a family.
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Retaining my sense of self in an insecure job.
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You have to ride the wave and never wait for it to be calm, because it never will be.
My dad’s family, for fake drowning when I was 12 on holiday in France – it caused such embarrassment that we had to leave. All because I wanted to get the inflatable ring off my brother. It still haunts me. I guess acting was always going to be my future.
Dolly Parton. I love how she does what she wants, and lives how she wants, keeping her life so private. Also, she helped fund Covid vaccine research.
Avoidance coping.
If emergency train announcements were written up on the information screen. The times I ended up at the wrong destination could easily have been avoided.
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