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Digging foundations in the freezing-cold Chicago winters.
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Victoria Derbyshire
British broadcaster
Working in a furniture factory in Warrington when I was 17. It was a summer job, and I had to cover the studs in the back of Chesterfield sofas with leather.
Harlan Coben
American author
I worked a janitorial job, cleaning university dormitories after students had gone home for the summer. You can’t imagine the condition some of those rooms were in. They could have doubled as sets for a slasher film.
Andrea Riseborough
British actress
Either shredding duck in a Chinese restaurant, or Oblivion.
Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
Selling low-grade cookery books in west London office buildings.
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Aside from the night that my wife said yes, creating Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, and employing thousands of dancers for the last 30 years.
I think any of us will be lucky to be remembered at all.
You’re going to come up against brick walls in life. You’ve got to go over them, under them, around them, or crash through them, but somehow or other you’ve got to get to the other side.
The day my son was born.
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