I’ve never got through Ulysses.
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I’ve never read any Salman Rushdie.
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View all 32 →All of them. I’m not someone who can sit down and read – I wish I could.
I feel no shame about not reading a book. That’s silly.
Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!
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View profile →A mix – safety to be yourself, acceptance, a feeling of peace and reliance, but also challenge, whether that’s intellectual or emotional.
How much my son loves me, particularly considering I’ve had a huge career.
Enthusiastic, resilient, empathetic.
I would become fitter younger. Because I would have been hotter younger!
When I concentrate, I put my thumb in my mouth. I once did it during a really important meeting when asked a question I didn’t know the answer to. When I left the meeting my friend said: “What did you put your thumb in your mouth for?” I didn’t know I’d done it.
Speaking negatively to myself.
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