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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Richard Hammond English journalist, television presenter, and author
Failing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on a geological scale.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2009 source ↗
Eve Ensler American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist
That most men have not yet come to understand the impact and the devastating consequences of violence against women.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗
PP Arnold
It has been in myself, for allowing individuals who I relied on to make important decisions in my life that left me alone to pick up the pieces.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗
Roger Taylor English musician, songwriter, and record producer
Not getting solo records playlisted on the BBC.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 October 2021 source ↗

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