I couldn't be more excited about this. We worked for two years to have one of the Washington, D.C., bands come. It's very difficult to do ďż˝ you kind of have to book them two to three years in advance.
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ED STOPPARD Vatican City is a bit overrated in my opinion - no offence to the Vatican. ED STOPPARD If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent. ED STOPPARD I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion. ED STOPPARD I love going to the Via Giulia, a beautiful old cobbled street, which has a bridge at one end behind... ED STOPPARD The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played ... ED SPELEERS I'm a big fan of British cinema; I think we make some unbelievably brilliant films, but they can... ED SPELEERS I think it's really important whilst you're a young actor to try as many new things as possi... ED SPELEERS Education never really interested me, to be fair. I mean, education does interest me, but academic s... ED SPELEERS I don't think I'm ugly, but I never thought I was that special. ED SPELEERS I like going to see live bands. Live bands can be quite heavy, but I think it's very relaxing at... ED SPELEERS My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, a... ED SPELEERS I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and t... ED SPELEERS I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoug... ED SPELEERS I was a mixture of a country boy and a town boy, really. Chichester is a town on the coast of Englan... ED SPELEERS I like having my back against the wall and doing things I'm not supposed to be good at. ED SKREIN You can be powerful without being loud and aggressive. ED SKREIN However we can spread love and progression, we've got to do it. ED SKREIN I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and... ED SKREIN I don't really do that whole 'single life' thing. I'm kind of heads down and get thi... ED SHEERAN Some of my tattoos are a bit silly, but I know where and what time I got them. ED SHEERAN It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing. ED SHEERAN The whole 'studly womaniser' thing, I mean, I quite enjoy the title - it's just not very... ED SHEERAN I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that ... ED SHEERAN The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereot... ED SHEERAN I'd like to have kids and a wife, and you know, drop them off at school and like, do normal thin... ED SHEERAN I think I need to accept the fact that I am where I am today because fans have shared my music illeg... ED SHEERAN Nashville is wicked. It's like a proper music community, but it's also quintessentially Amer... ED SHEERAN I do like my hair. It took a while to come around to the fact that it was quite a unique value point... ED SHEERAN The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of peo... ED SHEERAN I've had years of teasing about my red hair, but I definitely think it toughened me up. If you... ED SHEERAN I personally don't think ginger men have a habit of being attractive. We have to make ourselves ... ED SHEERAN Whenever you have an ex, and they're like, 'I hope we can still be friends!' and you wer... ED SHEERAN Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering un... ED ROYCE The ongoing dispute over the relocation of U.S. Marines on Okinawa should be quickly settled. This i... ED ROYCE The Small Business Lending Fund was cleverly named by its authors last Congress. Since its implement... ED ROYCE Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a cou... ED ROYCE A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that e... 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