As not being a total bollix.
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A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
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As the father of Celtic’s all-time top goalscorer (that’s either of my kids).
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As somebody who brought joy to people.
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I inadvertently rubbed the milky residue of a toxic cactus plant into my eye while filming Women In Love in the desert in Namibia, and my body went into anaphylactic shock as the producer sped me to a clinic 50 miles away.
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Finding cucumber in things is a continual disappointment.
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Last week I saw a moorhen feeding her chicks, and became overwhelmed by the miracle of parenthood and maternal sacrifice. And I hadn’t even been drinking.
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My mother. Any child of a single parent, if they are in a relationship when they become a parent, thinks, “How the hell did you do it alone?”
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That will depend on when and how I die, but you couldn’t beat The Birdie Song to set the right tone.
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