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Alex Jones
American far-right conspiracy theorist
Working in a call centre in Cardiff for British Gas. I was 21 and, I am ashamed to say, one Monday morning I ran away. I said I was going to the loo and never went back.
I’ve never really had a horrible job – I liked working at restaurants and being a nanny when I wasn’t acting.
Louis Theroux
British and American journalist and author
There was a period in the early 2000s when I had been doing celebrity profiles and thought I’d lost my way creatively.
Irvine Welsh
Scottish novelist
Laying down slabs for the council.
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A new song just finished.
People seeing their own greatness, rather than buying into their fears.
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