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Finding cucumber in things is a continual disappointment.
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Bryan Ferry
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Not receiving a dukedom.
Robson Green
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I did a TV job, Ain’t Misbehavin’, purely for the money. I was disappointed with myself and, inevitably, incredibly unhappy.
Not being a professional footballer.
Anna Friel
English actress
Getting down to the last two of certain jobs (Gangs Of New York and Fight Club) and being thwarted at the last second.
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My mother. Any child of a single parent, if they are in a relationship when they become a parent, thinks, “How the hell did you do it alone?”
That will depend on when and how I die, but you couldn’t beat The Birdie Song to set the right tone.
It’s a toss-up between organising a new filing system at Hammersmith & Fulham social services and relying on tips in the least popular restaurant in London to get through drama school.
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