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I had two primary cancers, which was pretty unusual. And when I got the second one, people told me such terrible bad-news stories, they instigated fears that weren’t there in the first place. I do remember with such gratitude one doctor saying to me, ‘Two primaries? That’s nothing. I’ve seen a patient with six.’

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I’ve been through plenty in my life where I’ve really had to focus on the day ahead… because, as I know, the future is, you know, whatever the future is… Once you’ve stared mortality that hard in the face, you really seize the day.

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I went to Goldsmith College of Art in London in the ’80s and there I made sculptures, but the objects had nothing to do with how I was thinking. I was making beautifully sanded wooden boxes!

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June 4, 2024

I went to Goldsmith College of Art in London in the ’80s and there I made sculptures, but the objects had nothing to do with how I was thinking. I was making beautifully sanded wooden boxes!

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June 4, 2024

I’ve been through plenty in my life where I’ve really had to focus on the day ahead… because, as I know, the future is, you know, whatever the future is… Once you’ve stared mortality that hard in the face, you really seize the day.

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