Daniel Mays
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The highest of highs and the lowest of lows.
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
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Overwhelming, discombobulating, irrational and unreasonable.
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