"I hope with every grain of my soul, that I'll be able to come back and be a better rugby player than I was, and I think I will be, " he told BBC 5 Live.

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With that, a certain skepticism crept into my soul about this high-tech medical intervention.

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Not that another woman would steal my soul, but she would fatally interfere with the organisation of my books, for which Aunt Raquel had a reverential respect that she had transmitted to a long line of terrified cleaning ladies.

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Bringing together a stable of musicians as good as any band Cooder has assembled, My Name Is Buddy finds him reuniting with accordion master Flaco Jimenez, as well as soul singers Terry Evans and Bobby King.

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Even in my perfect ignorance I am swept up in it, soul-exhilarated and confused, with maybe a stab of longing in there, too.

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