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Not applying myself enough at school.
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Mark Gatiss
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I was a very lazy child, but I think I’ve made up for it by being a workaholic. I might push some of the work back to my childhood.
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I would have thought more about exercise and a healthy lifestyle in my 20s, 30s and 40s.
I would do more weightlifting than aerobics. Strong is better than skinny.
Gareth Bale
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Nothing. Without my past I wouldn’t be who I am today.
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The Queen. Her like has not been seen before and I doubt it will ever be again.
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In the minutes, hours, days and weeks after having my children. I was 42 and 45. There’s nothing like new life.
Two days ago, at a family wedding, remembering Richard, my cousin. He was 11 months younger than me and we were brought up like brother and sister for the first four years of our lives. He died of a brain tumour when he was 55.
I wish I could say sorry to my husband, because I couldn’t save him from his dementia.
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