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That I go to the gym a couple of times a week, yet I am unfit and overweight.
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Not receiving a dukedom.
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Everything’s disappointing when it loses its shine. I’ve lowered my expectations.
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In my professional life, the musical Chess on Broadway. It was a resounding fiasco and played for two months. The butcher of Broadway, Frank Rich of the New York Times, was probably very pleased: I’ve never seen such a bad review in my life.
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An improvement in the weather in this country.
When I finished the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I bought a replica of the car. It’s in my front garden, surrounded by a lovely wildflower meadow, and people stop to look at it.
That there are more important things than being right.
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