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Not being Bond.
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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Jason Isaacs
English actor
That we waited so long to have children, we only have two.
Tracey Ullman
British and American actress
Realising as I grew up that people don’t really know what they’re doing.
Realising what adulthood is after waiting so long to get here.
Jacqui Smith
British politician
Not getting a part in the school play.
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Different nowadays. It feels nourishing.
My mum, because she raised five children. I am raising two and it’s hard work.
A motorbike crash. I broke my shoulder and ribs and was so scared I didn’t ride for two years.
My children doing what they’re told.
Worry about being self-employed. Nowadays, I don’t lose sleep over my divorce – I did for about a year.
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