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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Richard Hawley English musician
That my dad didn't live to let me share my present success with him – we just ran out of time, Pop.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 February 2011 source ↗
Hillary Clinton Former U.S. Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee
Losing is my biggest regret, and losing to someone who was not qualified and did not have the experience or the temperament to be president of the United States. That is my biggest regret.
Recorded Tamara Keith, NPR interview about What Happened, 12 September 2017 source ↗
Hugh Dennis British comedian and actor
At the time, it was the fact that my first marriage didn't work, but subsequently that proved to be a good thing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 February 2011 source ↗
Boy George British musician
Getting arrested in New York and discovering how lacking in morality US law enforcers are. Being handcuffed to a metal trolley in Bellevue Hospital because I cut my foot while being dragged from a police car, and listening to nurses chatting about hair products as I screamed for something to stop me hallucinating.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 February 2008 source ↗

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