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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Kate Mosse
English writer
Not working in another country.
Ted Danson
American actor
That I could not play college basketball due to lack of talent.
Matt Smith
English actor
I got injured when I was a kid and it prevented me from becoming a footballer. Now I am quite happy being an actor but, at the time, that was the biggest thing to overcome.
Jason Manford
English comedian and singer
That I go to the gym a couple of times a week, yet I am unfit and overweight.
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Procrastination.
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