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Not taking more time out from work for holidays.
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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Professionally, when I lost my first Wimbledon final. I am also disappointed I didn’t learn Spanish when I lived there.
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Getting ill. I am in remission [from rheumatoid arthritis], but there is no cure.
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Never learning another language.
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