I was brought up Catholic, to believe that marriage is for life. And we failed.
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Merging my company with BHS – it was a great mistake.
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Never going back to the Tour de France and trying to win again.
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That I spent so many years being overweight and out of shape.
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Any lost match is, of course, disappointing, but every loss is a lesson to be learned.
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More sleep, less stress.
I sometimes wish I had had the courage to be a politician – but I made the decision to be a human rights defender instead. I realised I cannot be both at the same time, because they may be incompatible.
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