Nish Kumar
British stand-up comedian and presenter
Most of the people that saw me do comedy between the years 2007 and 2012.
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My children. I was away an awful lot when they were little and not very good at being a father when I was around. I could have done better.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 May 2018 source ↗
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Liev Schreiber
American actor
My father – I think he doubted our closeness.
Ronnie Wood
English rock musician
I don’t really owe anybody any apologies.
Elaine Paige
English singer and actress
If I have upset someone, I have said sorry to him or her at the time.
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Getting my 21-year-old knees back.
I once had to dig a fire escape from a basement in a health club. It took two weeks.
Despite a stroke, cancer as a child and various dramas with chainsaws and tractors, the closest was probably when I choked on a lamb chop 25 years ago. Sarah performed the Heimlich manoeuvre and the lamb shot out.
At the time, losing our business, home and all our possessions in 1991 after the failure of our jewellery company. But if that had not happened then other good things would not have happened, either.
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