Michael Stipe
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A sustainable future for all. I could finally stop worrying.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2020 source ↗
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Nothing, because it’s up to me how I feel. I’ve been a millionaire three times and I still wanted to kill myself.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗
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Bradley Wiggins
British former professional road and track racing cyclist
This isn’t a complaint, but obscurity would be nice. You can’t have a bad day in public because everyone’s got phones.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗
Katharine Hamnett
English fashion designer
A hydrogen-powered private jet for me and my dog. We’d be zero carbon dioxide emissions, so could go anywhere we liked.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2019 source ↗
Shappi Khorsandi
Iranian-born British comedian
A miniature pet elephant, one that is no bigger than a guinea pig.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2017 source ↗
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View profile →Walsall fans. I wanted to be a good manager but I was really bad with drink and gambling at the time. I should have done better.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗
On holiday in Orlando with my wife, Kate, and kids just before lockdown. I wasn’t drinking or gambling. I was so happy, so at peace with myself – I’d been searching for that for many a year.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗
Going back to addiction.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗
For me, love is working through things when it’s not going well.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗
When you jump out of addiction and look back, things like drink-driving and sitting in crack houses are not good.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗
That materialistic things will not make you happy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗
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