Rita Ora
British singer-songwriter
I got dropped from two record deals when I was 14 and 17.
What has been your biggest disappointment?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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Choosing the wrong mate.
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Joanna Scanlan
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Never getting back to a size 12.
Realising what adulthood is after waiting so long to get here.
Adeel Akhtar
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After I got arrested, my dad, a lawyer, took me to a QC to try to build a case against the FBI. The dejection on his face when it became obvious that we couldn’t was disappointing.
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