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To lose my fourth baby.
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David Schwimmer
American actor
The lack of role models in leadership in the US, in particular our government.
I am always disappointed in myself. I always feel that I haven’t achieved enough, or been as good a parent as I could be.
Hillary Clinton
Former U.S. Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee
Losing is my biggest regret, and losing to someone who was not qualified and did not have the experience or the temperament to be president of the United States. That is my biggest regret.
Rick Astley
Singer, songwriter and radio presenter
Fame. The upside is not worth the downside – you can’t turn fame on and off, and have privacy.
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I would very, very much like to say sorry to my mother, for all the times I told her I hadn’t got the time to talk.
In April 2015 I nearly died, as my heart was finding it too difficult to keep my smoke-destroyed lungs going.
Is all happiness in the past? Well, the births of three children. And playing with children and grandchildren.
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