Kellie Maloney
Retired boxing manager, promoter and politician
Not being truthful to everyone from an earlier age.
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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That I am not a chorus girl in a West End musical.
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Simon Mayo
English radio presenter and author
Feeling as though I had to leave Radio 2 to get my life back on track. I had every intention of being David Jacobs or Brian Matthew and going on until I was 127, but it didn’t turn out like that.
Joseph Fiennes
English actor
I haven't seen a ghost yet.
Kirsty Wark
Scottish journalist and television presenter
Not singing in a band.
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I think you can be happy every day, if you are in the flow.
A spy, a witch and a nun.
In my teens, peeling garlic to make pie filling in a butcher’s shop.
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