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My complete ineptitude at sport.
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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Tom Allen
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Not understanding myself until I was in my 30s.
Kate Mosse
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Not working in another country.
Feeling so helpless. You feel that governments should be making better choices; people are speaking out and nothing seems to be done about it.
Not getting into drama school when I was 17. In those days, the first thing people said was, “Where did you train?”
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I Will Remember You, by Sarah McLachlan. That’ll choke the bastards up if nothing else will.
Still being in work. And my vineyards; they’re beautiful.
My brother, Michael. He is an academic and has devoted his life to scholarship; my life seems trivial by comparison. Bastard.
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