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Managing to find my wife and trapping her into marrying me.
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Michael Stipe
American singer
Deciding what I wanted to do at 15 and, against all odds, doing it.
Belinda Carlisle
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Having a career that’s lasted 47 years, especially when I felt like an impostor for so many of them.
Bertie Carvel
British actor
I’m still working on it.
Victoria Pendleton
British cyclist
Apart from two Olympic gold medals, I’m proud of finishing fifth in the Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in 2016, having never ridden a horse 12 months earlier.
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That I grew old.
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On my honeymoon in Lapland.
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