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To have been one of the people who brought hypnotherapy to the world.
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What accomplishment matters most to you?Originally asked
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Mark Gatiss
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Sherlock being such a worldwide phenomenon.
Bryan Adams
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Paying my rent and being able to support my family from making music.
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Still being an actor after 36 years.
Emma Barnett
British broadcaster and journalist
Keeping a relationship with the love of my life, for 16 years.
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My wife dying. I wouldn’t know how to go on.
I was in Kensington Gardens and this couple stopped me and said: “Hey, could we get a picture? I said: “Sure.” I put my arms around their shoulders, and they looked at me and said: “No, can you take a picture of us?”
People mistaking my kindness for weakness and stealing from me.
“Oh, he’s all about money.” I’ve never charged anyone in all the years I’ve been doing one-to-one work. That’s my gift to the world.
Pleasure is a glass of champagne, happiness is when you are living your values. I get up each morning and I’m excited by the day, and I have good health. This is the happiest that I’ve ever been.
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