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When our baby took to the boob for the first time: happy tears at him having his first feed, but also sad at the thought of how many more boobs he’ll seek out before he’s truly happy.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2015 source ↗
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View all 193 →I genuinely can’t remember crying.
James Blunt
Singer, songwriter and musician
I put out a song called Monsters on my last album, about my father’s illness – he had stage four chronic kidney disease – and a handful of people offered him a new kidney. People’s kindness really touched me.
Mike Skinner
English rapper
I cry all the time.
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View profile →At college: missing lectures to rehearse plays and go daytime drinking. Oh, and the baby’s birth.
The baby monitor. Followed by my own fake snores.
On an iPhone, why can’t you close all open apps at once, rather than flicking through them all?
Monster Mash, by Bobby Pickett.
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