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Funny, loyal, genuine.
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Funny Irish woman.
Funny, annoying and kind.
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View profile →I last shed a tear when my nephew, who is under 10, announced that he was learning the trombone. When I was about the same age and wanted to learn the trumpet, a music teacher said: “The trumpet isn’t for you. You’ve got too-thick lips.”
I’m slightly impatient.
John McCarthy, the journalist who was held captive for five years in Beirut. I’ve met him and he was so full of peace, humility and forgiveness – it was inspiring.
The notion that anything is possible.
I was a guard on the Orient Express – however, only when it was stationed at a railway siding in Vauxhall.
“Do you know what your problem is?” It was a dear friend of mine. They were referring to the fact that I’m impatient.
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