Craig David
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I was caught by a wave while swimming at night with friends in Southampton. That shook me.
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As a young man I had a car accident on a foggy night that left the vehicle looking like a squashed box, even though, by some miracle, I walked away unscathed.
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Bradley Wiggins
British former professional road and track racing cyclist
I had quite a chequered childhood. I had a knife put to my throat once when I was a kid, which was very scary.
David Hasselhoff
American actor, singer, and television personality
Scuba diving in Costa Rica. My stunt double and I were trying out some equipment that let us talk to each other and I ran out of air at 80ft - probably because I talked too much. I had to use his air. Then we were surrounded by sharks. It was scary.
A blood clot in my artery when I was 23.
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I fear the arrogance we are all at risk of, the pride that pushes us to put “I” in place of “God”. More prosaically, I fear physical pain because it risks stripping us of our dignity.
As a man who tried to respect everyone, treating them with a smile and with due regard, despite the limitations of being human.
A singer. I wanted to live off music ever since I was a child – a wish that came true when I was over 35 years old.
Earthly life is merely the infancy of our soul. What comes after physical death is, I imagine, like returning home.
My father, with whom I had a complex relationship: often, when I was young, his desire to protect me clashed with the stubbornness of my choices.
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