Chaka Khan
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Peace and honesty.
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The body of a 20-year-old.
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Anna Paquin
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If it took less than 14 hours to fly to New Zealand, that would be great. A super-duper-fast plane would be cool.
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Finding a partner.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
More sleep – my children do not sleep.
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When I met [my wife] Sandra. I was coming up 17. We met at the Two Puddings, a dance hall in Stratford.
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Pulling Sandra.
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I was probably too cheeky to chairmen over the years.
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A car accident in Italy in 1990. Four people got killed. I was lucky, I got thrown out.
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It used to be worrying about football results.
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