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Not yet being able to sing in a free Cuba.
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Some of my choices were mistakes, so I’d have to say myself.
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Political leadership generally.
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Not being a dad by the age of 32.
Stephen Graham
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Liverpool losing the FA Cup final to Wimbledon when I was a kid. It made me cry.
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