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EARTH ANGELS & MAGIC MOMENTS
one of his performances at a small bar and told him he
wanted to help him. Ed slept on Jamie’s couch for 6
weeks until Jamie landed him a gig at the Apollo
Theater in New York. Ed went on stage with a ukulele
in front of a full crowd and got a standing ovation and
an encore.
The Jim Carey movie Yes Man is based on a brief
conversation with a stranger the writer met on a bus.
Love at First Sight
Francis was a Spitfire pilot in the second world
war. One night he attended a theatrical review for the
troops.
“The moment Eileen stepped onto the stage,” he
told me one evening when I bumped into him in a pub,
“the strangest feeling came over me. I thought, That’
s
my wife. I had not a single doubt in my mind. I had no
idea who she was but I knew this woman would be
with me for the rest of my life.”
“When the show was over, I went backstage and
wangled an introduction. Our eyes locked and I felt an
enormous surge of love and it took my breath away. I
remember thinking that that single moment was worth
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