I say it a lot to my kids when I’ve lost my temper, and I’ll save up a big one for when they are 18.
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If I have upset someone, I have said sorry to him or her at the time.
Katy Perry. I hired a Russell Brand lookalike as a joke for the radio, and she thought it was actually him. When she realised it wasn’t, she burst into tears. She was still married to him, but I didn’t take into account that there were things going on that we didn’t know.
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The day our daughter was born, or maybe fishing on the Colorado river with my wife and brother and his buddy Earl.
The distribution of Copying Beethoven in the US.
Couple of days ago, reading a thank-you note my parents had left after we celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Wyoming.
Other than being a decent father, Pollock.
Asking my wife questions that don't need to be asked.
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