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I am my biggest disappointment.
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Donna Tartt
American novelist and writer
I was very disappointed when I realised I was never going to be an Olympic gymnast, but that was a long time ago.
Reece Shearsmith
British actor, comedian and writer
That I grew old.
Liam Gallagher
English singer-songwriter
Oasis splitting up.
Joan Bakewell
English journalist, television presenter and politician
Not being on Morecambe & Wise.
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Like hunger, which feels like anxiousness, which feels like fear, which feels like excitement.
I’d have made more of my education.
When I heard John Noakes had died.
For a while I wanted to be a policewoman, but I didn’t have five O-levels.
A television. I don’t care for things. When I moved, I downsized and threw away most of my possessions.
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