James Blunt
Singer, songwriter and musician
Like nothing else, I guess.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 November 2021 source ↗
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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Craft & work
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It feels like all is possible.
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Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
It can be as light as a feather or as heavy as a stone.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 December 2022 source ↗
Cat Deeley
English television presenter
Heart explosion.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 May 2021 source ↗
Simone Biles
United States artistic gymnast
When you put others before yourself, and you’d do anything for them.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 February 2017 source ↗
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Leading with joy.
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As a good person.
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I would try to be a little nicer to my teachers.
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A surgeon. I studied pre-med in Holy Cross College for four years and then I went to acting school.
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Trying to sell frozen food over the phone for a company called American Frozen Foods. It lasted about half an hour. I found myself telling people not to buy too much of it because it could go bad, and my supervisor said, “This job is probably not for you.”
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