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Probably when Fulham beat Juventus 4-1 in the Europa League.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 June 2016 source ↗
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George Saunders
Short-story writer and novelist
Pittsford, New York, writing my first book when our kids were small, riding my bike to work because we only had one car…that feeling of being needed and loved and vitally involved in something artistic that I didn’t fully understand, everything still lying ahead of us.
When my friends and I were making Mean Streets, 1973.
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The most unabashed joy I’ve ever felt was that first 24 hours of magic after our son was born in California last June.
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The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash, or the theme tune to Pointless.
To my kids, for my shortcomings.
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