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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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What keeps you awake at night?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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An artist travelling and playing with the Stones.
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A drunk woman who threw epic dinner parties.
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I was hellbent on being a Thunderbird. I was devastated when my parents finally told me it was a fictional organisation. Ruined my 18th.
Most days, I wanted to be Albrecht in the classical ballet Giselle, dancing until I dropped dead.
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Right now is a pretty good time in my life. I am existing on three-monthly check-ups, but, yeah, I am very grateful.
All the hanging about.
Paintings and guitars. I have Picasso prints and one Rembrandt etching.
My metabolism. Ever since I was a little kid, I was always up halfway through the night.
I don’t really owe anybody any apologies.
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