Rita Ora
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I got dropped from two record deals when I was 14 and 17.
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Three times when I lived in New York, I missed seeing David Bowie in real life by moments.
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Too high an expectation of others and myself.
One time an engineer said, “I always forget your frequency is at the same level as a crying baby.” I think he was on to something, because I have been told to shush many times over the years.
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I’m at my happiest in the ocean, and even better if my husband is there throwing me around.
Losing my husband. We are properly codependent.
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