Ann Dowd
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My children’s education.
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My electric car: it’s a hybrid Cadillac.
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Judy Murray
Scottish tennis coach
Getting my teeth done. I had veneers and it took 18 months.
My beautiful silver Jaguar XKR soft-top.
Michael Stipe
American singer
A page from Jim Morrison’s final notebook – I bought it as a birthday gift for a friend.
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Right after 9/11, Kenny and I went to perform for the troops in Pakistan and Uzbekistan. As we were flying in, an electronic voice went off: “Warning: missile launch! Warning: missile launch!” The Taliban had fired a rocket at us. I was waiting to see the back of the plane blow up, but it didn’t and we landed.
An astronaut, an archaeologist, an actor, and a musician.
My teenage years in the Runaways: I was still naive enough to think good things about the world and life and people, and I was having fun playing rock’n’roll around the world, living the dream.
I don’t think I’d change anything: the bad forms you more than the good.
Amazing Grace, on bagpipes.
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