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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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Robson Green
British actor
I did a TV job, Ain’t Misbehavin’, purely for the money. I was disappointed with myself and, inevitably, incredibly unhappy.
That I never became a virtuoso musician.
Samira Ahmed
British journalist and writer
When I was a 26-year-old news correspondent, the head of BBC news gathering, Chris Cramer, refused to let me take up a six-month attachment on the foreign affairs programme Correspondent. He said: “I think it’s too soon; you could do it later.” He’d never have said that to a man.
Gavin Rossdale
British musician
Sometimes it was disappointing not to have the fan base at home in the UK that we had elsewhere.
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When I watched Ghost about four months ago.
When I was a kid with no responsibilities.
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