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              broad selection of thrill interviews for the broad minded  | 
        
         
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          | The interviews shown here only express the 
            opinions of the respective interviewees. They are not the opinions 
            of any supporting institution. They are presented with minimal editing 
            as a primary resource to help understand thrill. Some interviews may 
            cause offence. | 
        
         
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            ...we were rising farther and farther from the ground, and the whole structure looked totally unsafe....[more] | 
        
        
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            imagine that there is some other thing that 
          you are forbidden to witness, and yet you see or hear it anyway....[more] | 
        
        
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            I believe it was Casper...[who] administered 
            a spanking, and I remember longingly wishing it was me, even back 
            at 3 years old....[more] | 
        
         
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            Well , without yarn , a crochet hook , a pattern 
            and time I never would have been able to do it...[more] | 
        
         
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          | ...I got into a position from which I could 
            watch him, my heart rate higher since right after I spotted him.... 
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          | ...Death is common from rattle snake bites 
            if you don't get to the hospital for the serum fast enough... 
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          | ...thought about god and my Christian upbringing 
            and, well, felt a bit restricted in some sense.... [more] | 
        
         
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          | ...Huge release of emotions at once; anger, 
            sadness, freedom ,fantastic feeling of achievement... [more] | 
        
         
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          |   ..I notice the first rays of light come 
              through the horizon, which was a sight I never encountered before... 
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            ...It was my first holiday and the 
            first time I’d seen the magnificent ballroom. I’d heard 
            the organ on the radio... 
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            ...I had never been to Egypt before 
            and cruising the Nile was a dream come true... 
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            ...Wow! She's really going to let me 
            see her nude? Maybe she'll let me touch her... 
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            ...My life was at stake and my dad 
            was enjoying his photo shoot... 
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            ...The thrill is in the memory, even 
            better since we don't clearly remember the fear and pain... 
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            ...I had a moment when I seemed to 
            ‘see’ everything as it truly is. That was quite awesome... 
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            ...frightened and so happy, the mix 
            of the both was a kind of excitation... 
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            ...Went to hospital with my friend 
            who had collapsed with the strain of the match... 
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            ...There are few times on your life 
            where you realise you either get it right or die... 
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            ...We couldn’t eat, we couldn’t 
            stop laughing, I felt sick, my stomach felt empty... 
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            ...I just felt all fizzy and frothy 
            - on a high, but really safe and secure... 
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            ...I felt that I finally I fitted in, 
            I was normal... 
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            ...Total effortless mobility, moving 
            very fast in the most delightful environment... 
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            ...someone I knew so little would remember 
            me enough to say happy birthday... 
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            ...In my home, in my mind, I am safe 
            to express myself through pain, bondage, and servitude... 
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            ...This was one of the “Break 
            the Iron Curtain” things going on... 
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            ...I think Sunday was when I looked 
            in the mirror and saw myself for the first time... 
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            ...We had a load of old computers but 
            some idiots had installed windoze on them all... 
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            ...I got into my car and drove to Earls 
            Court, paid my admission and entered the club... 
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            ...The incident took place, back-stage, 
            during a production of The 'Snow Queen'.... 
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            ...the excitement here was just being 
            part of a city beyond me... 
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            my most thrilling moment personally 
            was when I realized the neighbor lady was watching me... 
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            I encouraged the others with lines 
            like “I will if you will”, “I’ll go first”..... 
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            it was unbelievable, being dwarfed 
            by the tyre, let alone the entire plane.... 
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            it was physical but not testing, I 
            was looking for the fast stuff.... 
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            life is pretty much boring, so I need 
            to get some kicks somewhere.... 
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            I really want to take a hammer and 
            beat something into a shapeless mass.... 
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            I should probably be more careful as 
            I am the sole bread winner... 
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            I packed a bag of things and headed 
            off in my car... 
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             Every effort meant I was closer to 
            seeing my baby, and relief... 
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            Most people I know see coins as spending 
            money only... 
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            Downhill, decreasing radius right hand 
            turn, slightly positive camber, some choppy pavement... 
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            we could almost touch him (we weren’t 
            supposed to)... 
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            Forecast called for winds of 25 knots when 
            I left Tulsa, but when I arrived in St Joseph, they were 45 knots.            ...[more] | 
        
         
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            ...I felt an electric shock of bliss 
            at being so close to something so beautiful...[more] | 
        
         
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            When I was a teenager I wanted to be 
            a Customs Officer at Heathrow Airport...[more] | 
        
         
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            United were clear favourites to win 
            the game, and for the first half of the game played Wednesday off 
            the pitch ... [more] | 
        
         
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            I was a bit of a pretentious film snob, 
            though deep down, I really liked cartoons. ... [more] | 
        
         
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            It began with naked trips into the garden, 
            then outside the front of the house... [more] | 
        
         
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            ...good champagne helped the ambience, as did 
            being in the centre of London, overlooking busy streets, possibly 
            observable [more] | 
        
         
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            "Wow! I can't believe I'm doing 
            this and not face-planting myself in the diamond plate down there!" 
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            I was shy, dreamy, bookish. I'd rather spend 
            three days in bed reading Moby-Dick than getting drunk with people 
            I didn't know. [more] | 
        
         
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            Discovering that the James Bond bubble gum 
            card series I collected when I was eight contained pictures of scantily 
            clad women. 
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            An early morning duck egg attack on 
            celebrating students. About 2am – Some time in June 1988. At 
            the halls of residence complex at the University of Bath... 
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            Well , without yarn , a crochet hook , a pattern 
            and time I never would have been able to do it...[more] | 
        
         
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